Poems (Hoffman)/The Christian Life
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
'Tis glorious to live and know That my Redeemer lives,And that where'er my footsteps go A lamp of light He gives.
'Tis happiness to live and know That life shall never wane;For though man dieth here below, Yet shall he live again.
To live and know that not for time Each thought and deed shall be;But for (oh, calling grand sublime!) For all eternity.
'Tis wonderful to live and find, In all below, above,The stamp of the Infinite mind, The story of God's love.
To live with guardian angels near And peace an hourly guest,To face the darkness without fear Amid the storm to rest.
To feel the strivings of a soul That nevermore can die,Longings whose wide, unbounded goal Is immortality.
'Tis beautiful to die and feel This earthly house decay,Then rise and seek with new-fledged zeal That mansion far away.
To bid the stream of death roll on Though rolling very near;To say, "The chilling tide is gone There is no river here."
'Tis glorious to live and know That my Redeemer lives,And that where'er my footsteps go A lamp of light He gives.
Tis happiness to live and know That life shall never wane;'Tis Christ for me to live, but oh, To die is endless gain!