Blest Be the Everlasting God

Blest be the ev­er­last­ing God

The Fa­ther of our Lord;

Be His ab­ound­ing mer­cy praised

His ma­jes­ty ad­ored.

When from the dead He raised His Son

And called Him to the sky

He gave our souls a live­ly hope

That they should nev­er die.

What though our in­bred sins re­quire

Our flesh to see the dust

Yet as the Lord our Sav­ior rose

So all His fol­low­ers must.

There’s an in­her­it­ance di­vine

Reserved against that day;

’Tis un­cor­rupt­ed

un­de­filed

And can­not waste away.

Saints by the pow­er of God are kept

Till the sal­va­tion come;

We walk by faith as strang­ers here

Till Christ shall call us home.