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The Lord of life
He came, the Lord of life, from heaven sent,
the realm of light and immortality,
eternal incorruptibility,
Son of the living God – divine descent;
and as through Israel’s favoured land he went
he raised the dead, restored vitality,
offered new life for all eternity:
but only he knew what his coming meant.
That night he prayed, a mob came through the trees,
they took him to the place where he was tried
and soldiers led him to be crucified.
He hung upon the cross; with words like these
men mocked, ‘Come down, if God is on your side’:
he cried in triumph, ‘Finished’ – then he died!
He came, the Lord of life, from heaven sent,
the realm of light and immortality,
eternal incorruptibility,
Son of the living God – divine descent;
and as through Israel’s favoured land he went
he raised the dead, restored vitality,
offered new life for all eternity:
but only he knew what his coming meant.
That night he prayed, a mob came through the trees,
they took him to the place where he was tried
and soldiers led him to be crucified.
He hung upon the cross; with words like these
men mocked, ‘Come down, if God is on your side’:
he cried in triumph, ‘Finished’ – then he died!
