Verse 1
Where is that ancient power
Which did the Lord reveal,
And spake him more than conqueror
O’re death, and earth, and hell!
While men by Jesus chose
Were bold to testify
He died to pay our debt, and rose
To fit us for the sky:
He rose himself, to raise
His creatures from their fall,
He sits at God’s right-hand, and prays,
Demanding life for all:
The Spirit of life he gives
In sinners hearts to dwell;
And still who hears with faith, receives
The Gift unspeakable.

Verse 2
Our record is the same,
Our testimony’s sure,
The gospel we to day proclaim
Shall evermore endure:
Who minister the word
Are Jesus witnesses,
And still we preach our risen Lord,
The Prince of life and peace:
High on his Father’s throne
Forgiveness to confer,
He sends the promis’d Blessing down,
Th’ abiding Comforter!
His power, and peace, and love
Our cancel’d sin attest,
And heaven is open’d from above
In every faithful breast.