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 Hymn 17 by Isaac Watts 
						Victory over death.
 1 Cor. 15:55ff
 
 O for an overcoming faith
 To cheer my dying hours;
 To triumph o'er the monster Death,
 And all his frightful powers!
 
 Joyful with all the strength I have
 My quiv'ring lips should sing-
 Where is thy boasted vict'ry, Grave?
 And where the monster's sting?
 
 If sin be pardoned, I'm secure,
 Death hath no sting beside;
 The law gives sin its damning power;
 But Christ, my ransom, died.
 
 Now to the God of victory
 Immortal thanks be paid,
 Who makes us conquerors while we die,
 Through Christ our living head.
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