Verse 1
Ye men of Jewish zeal,
Who Christian truth oppress,
We make our bold appeal
To your own consciences,
What fault or evil have ye found
In those that spread the gospel-sound?

Verse 2
Ye prudently forbear
Before the judge to cite
The witnesses who dare
With sin and error fight,
Who testify th’ atoning God,
And grace and glory thro’ his blood.

Verse 3
This only have we done,
And still we persevere
To make his passion known
Who bought our pardon here,
And rose to prove our sin forgiven,
And seal it with the peace from heaven.

Verse 4
His resurrection’s power
To sinners we declare:
Faith antedates that hour,
And sets us at the bar;
By faith we live, and rise, and fly,
And reign with Christ above the sky.

Verse 5
With all his members one
He now himself imparts,
And form’d by faith alone
We find him in our hearts,
The present Resurrection know,
The Life of heaven reveal’d below.

Verse 6
This is our only crime,
And this we dare avow,
Eternity in time,
The Resurrection now,
The bliss Supreme believers prove,
Th’ indwelling God of glorious love.