Clothed With Immortality

Verse 1

Spirit, leave thy house of clay; Lingering dust, resign thy breath; Spirit, cast thy chains away; Dust, be thou dissolved in death! Thus the mighty Saviour speaks, While the faithful Christian dies; Thus the bonds of life he breaks, And the ransomed captive flies.

Verse 2

Prisoner, long detained below, Prisoner, now with freedom blest, Welcome from a world of woe; Welcome to a land of rest: Thus the choir of angels sing, As they bear the soul on high, While with hallelujahs ring All the regions of the sky.

Verse 3

Grave! the guardian of our dust, Grave! the treasury of the skies, Every atom of thy trust Rests in hope again to rise! Hark! the judgment-trumpet calls-- Soul, rebuild thy house of clay: Immortality thy walls, And eternity thy day.