’Tis for Conquering Kings to Gain

’Tis for con­quer­ing kings to gain

Glory o’er their my­ri­ads slain;

Jesus

Thy more glo­ri­ous strife

Hath re­stored a world to life.

So no oth­er name is giv’n

Unto mor­tals un­der Heav’n

Which can make the dead to rise

And ex­alt them to the skies.

That which Christ so hard­ly wrought

That which He so dear­ly bought

That sal­va­tion

mor­tals

say

Will you mad­ly cast away?

Rather glad­ly for that name

Bear the cross

en­dure the shame;

Joyfully for Him to die

Is not death

but vic­to­ry.

Dost Thou

Je­sus

con­des­cend

To be called the sin­ner’s friend?

Ours

then

it shall al­ways be

Thus to make our boast of Thee.