Rejoice! Rejoice! (Gabriel)

The pow­er of death is brok­en

Its ter­rors for­ev­er past

For Je­sus who died to save us

Its por­tals hath safe­ly passed;

He left in the vale of sha­dows

A light that shall not grow dim

To guide who­so­ev­er fol­lows

In safe­ty and peace to Him.

Rejoice! re­joice!

The Re­deem­er who once was slain

The pow­er of dark­ness con­quered

Is ris­en

and lives again.

He took on Him­self our bur­den

The debt of our sin He paid;

Our sor­rows He bore

and ev­en

Our stripes up­on Him were laid.

To earth from a throne of glo­ry

In mer­cy and love He came—

Was born in a low­ly man­ger

A world that He might re­claim.

Gethsemane saw His ang­uish

And Cal­va­ry heard Him cry:

’Tis fin­ished! O won­drous mer­cy

That He for the world could die!

But

praise to His name for­ev­er

Tho’ dead

yet He lives to­day!

All ma­jes­ty

praise and hon­or

And glo­ry be His for aye.