Awake, My Heart, with Gladness Lyrics

Awake, my heart, with gladness

See what today is done

Now, after gloom and sadness

Comes forth the glorious sun

My Savior there was laid

Where our bed must be made

When, as on wings in flight

We soar to realms of light

Now hell, its prince, the devil

Of all their pow'r are shorn

Now I am safe from evil

And sin I laugh to scorn

For Christ again is free

In glorious victory

He who is strong to save

Has triumphed o'er the grave

This is a sight that gladdens

What peace it does impart

Now nothing ever saddens

The joy within my heart

No gloom shall ever shake

No foe shall ever take

The hope which God's own Son

In love for me has won

Now I will cling forever

To Christ, my Savior true

My Lord will leave me never

Whate'er he passes through

He rends death's iron chain

He breaks through sin and pain

He shatters hell's grim thrall

I follow him through all

Christ brings me to the portal

That leads to bliss untold

Whereon this rhyme immortal

Is found in script of gold

Who there my cross has shared

Finds here a crown prepared

Who there with me has died

Shall here be glorified