Not to ourselves again

Not to ourselves again

Not to the flesh we live;

Not to the world henceforth shall we

Our strength

our being give.

The time past of our lives

Sufficeth to have wrought

The fleshly will

which only ill

Hath to us ever brought.

No longer is our life

A thing unused or vain;

To us e’en here to live is Christ

To us to die is gain.

Our life is hid with Christ

With Christ in God above

Upward our heart would go to Him

Whom

seeing not

we love.

He liveth

and we live!

His life for us prevails;

His fulness fills our mighty void

His strength for us avails.