Verse 1
Christ, our living head draw near,
At our call, quicken all
Thy true members here.
Verse 2
Fill’d with faith’s eternal Spirit,
Grant that we, dead with thee,
May thy life inherit.
Verse 3
All thy resurrection’s power,
All thy love, from above,
On thy servants shower.
Verse 4
Perfect love! We long t’ attain it,
Following fast, if at last
We, ev’n we may gain it.
Verse 5
Partners of thy death and passion,
O that we all might see
All thy great salvation.
Verse 6
Sav’d beyond the dread of falling,
Let us rise to the prize
Of our glorious calling.
Verse 7
Children of the resurrection,
Lead us on to the crown
Of our full perfection.
Verse 8
There, where thou art gone before us,
Christ, our hope, take us up,
To thy heaven restore us.