As the Naked Seed Is Sown

 

An Easter Hymn

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As the naked seed is sown

And must die within the earth,

Till its newer form is grown

In a glorious second birth,

So my body may decay,

But shall bloom to life that day

When the angels' trumpets sound

And the dead rise from the ground.

 

By the power in my Lord,

By no power of my own,

At the force of Jesus' Word

Which once in my heart was sown,

Flesh again shall wrap my bones

And to heaven's sweetest tones

I shall sing the end of death

And the victory of my faith.

 

Clothed in glory none has thought,

Free from every sin and fear,

To the throne I shall be brought

To my Jesus ever near.

Nevermore to know my sin,

Evermore with peace within,

There to praise eternally

God the Holy Trinity.

            4/6/15