He Lives! The Great Redeemer Lives!

He lives

the great Re­deem­er lives

(What joy the blest as­sur­ance gives!)

And now

be­fore His Fa­ther God

Pleads the full mer­it of His blood

Pleads the full mer­it of His blood.

Repeated crimes awake our fears

And jus­tice

armed with frowns

ap­pears

But in the Sav­ior’s love­ly face

Sweet mer­cy smiles

and all is peace

Sweet mer­cy smiles

and all is peace.

Hence then

ye black des­pair­ing thoughts;

Above our fears

above our faults

His pow­er­ful in­ter­cess­ions rise

And guilt re­cedes

and ter­ror dies

And guilt re­cedes

and ter­ror dies.

In ev­ery dark

dis­tress­ful hour

When sin and Sa­tan join their pow­er

Let this dear hope re­pel the dart

That Je­sus bears us on His heart

That Je­sus bears us on His heart.

Great Ad­vo­cate

al­migh­ty Friend!

On Him our hum­ble hopes de­pend;

Our cause can nev­er

nev­er fail

For Je­sus pleads

and must pre­vail

For Je­sus pleads

and must pre­vail.