Hymns · 1762

Can the bands of death detain

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Notes Originally titled “I will ransom them from the power of the grave.”—[Hosea] xiii. 14. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 81.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

John 5:25-29 I Thessalonians 4:16

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Hosea 13:14 Matthew 24:30 John 11:43-44 I Corinthians 15:54-57 Revelation 1:7

Lyrics

Can the bands of death detain
One from sin by Jesus freed? (Hosea 13:14, I Cor. 15:54-57)
Surely I shall live again,
Feel the voice that wakes the dead, (John 5:25-29, John 11:43-44, I Thess. 4:16)
Rise triumphant o’er the tomb,
See my heavenly Saviour come. (Rev. 1:7, Matt. 24:30)