Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Oh for an overcoming faith
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Mear
Hymn Number: 666
Page Number: 242, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOh for an overcoming faith
To cheer my dying hours,
To triumph o'er the monster death,
And all his frightful powers.
Joyful, with all the strength I have,
My quivering lips shall sing,
Where is thy boasted victory, grave?
And where the monster's sting?
If sin be pardoned I'm secure--
Death has no sting beside;
The law gives sin its damning power,
But Christ my ransom died.
Now to the God of victory
Immortal thanks be paid,
Who makes us conquerors while we die,
Through Christ our living Head.