Come, See the Place Where Jesus Lay (Kelly)

Come

see the place where Je­sus lay

And hear an­gel­ic watch­ers say

He lives

who once was slain:

Why seek the liv­ing midst the dead?

Remember how the Sav­ior said

That He would rise again.

O joy­ful sound! O glo­ri­ous hour

When by His own al­migh­ty pow­er

He rose and left the grave!

Now let our songs His tri­umph tell

Who burst the bands of death and hell

And ev­er lives to save.

The first be­got­ten of the dead

For us He rose

our glo­ri­ous head

Immortal life to bring;

What though the saints like Him shall die

They share their lead­er’s vic­to­ry

And tri­umph with their king.

Why should His peo­ple now be sad?

None have such rea­son to be glad

Ad re­con­ciled to God.

Jesus

the migh­ty Sav­ior

lives

To them eter­nal life He gives

The pur­chase of His blood.

No more they trem­ble at the grave

For Je­sus will their spir­its save

And raise their slum­ber­ing dust

O ris­en Lord

in Thee we live

To Thee our ran­somed souls we give

To Thee our bo­dies trust.

Ye ran­somed

let your praise re­sound

And in your mas­ter’s work abound

Steadfast

im­mov­able;

Be sure your la­bor’s not in vain;

Your bo­dies shall be raised again

No more cor­rup­ti­ble.