Dead and Alive

lyricist: Horatius Bonar, 1879
Composer: Thomas Campbell, 1825

Dead un­to sin through Him who died

Who rose

and has gone up on high;

Through Him I live to right­eous­ness

Through Him to God I am brought nigh.

O Ho­ly Spir­it

shed abroad

In me the love and peace of God.

Dead un­to self through Him who died

And dy­ing broke the chains of sin

I rise to run the glo­ri­ous race

And the eter­nal prize to win.

Dead to the law through Him who died

In whom the law ful­filled I see;

Through whom I in that law de­light

Its right­eous­ness ful­filled in me.

Dead to the world through Him who died

Nailed with my Lord to yon­der tree;

Now am I cru­ci­fied to it

And it is cru­ci­fied to me.

Dead to the flesh through Him who died

Our trust in it has passed away;

We wor­ship in the Spir­it now

Free to re­joice and to ob­ey.

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