p. 1 | THE CONQUEROR'S SONG

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 12, 1861

THE CONQUEROR'S SONG.

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.” John iii, 36.

A PILGRIM sandal'd passed the way, His eye was dark, his brow was sad, But ever would he sing and pray, And then he seemed more light and glad. But if you deemed the powerful lay Was of the Holy Mother mild, You would be wrong; for all the day He thought but of the Holy Child. His prayer was often deep and long, And this the burden of the song: He everlasting life receives, Who in the Son of God believes!

It was a charm of wondrous power, And oft, 'tis said, in times of old, The very dead have felt its power; The sun himself has stopped, when told; The lame have leaped, the dumb have spoke, The crawling leper, white as snow, From misery as a dream awoke, The blessedness of health to know; Nor aught of evil could repel The influence of the mighty spell. He everlasting life receives, Who on the Son of God believes.

By this the witnesses of God, Slain for the name of Christ confest, Sprang up and poured the truth abroad, O'er Pagan king and Romish priest, Till, like archangel's trump, its tone Had pierced the ear of the dead world, Shook the great central scarlet throne, Unmasked the Man of Sin, and hurled From many a seat his angels down! The word of power was this alone. He everlasting life receives, Who on the Son of God believes.

This is the bolt that shuts up hell, This is the key that opens heaven; No demon can withstand the spell, But to his native den is driven. This is the power that conquers sin, This gains the victory over death, By this the crown of life we win, The pilgrim enters heaven by faith. He everlasting life receives, Who on the Son of God believes.