1 Not to ourselves again,
Not to flesh we live;
Not to world henceforth shall we
Our strength, our being give.
2 The time past of our lives
Sufficeth to have wrought
The fleshly will, which only ill
Hath to us ever brought.
3 No longer is our life
A thing unused or vain;
To us e'en here to live is Christ,
To us to die is gain.
4 Our life is hid with Christ,
With Christ in God above,
Upward our heart would go to Him,
Whom, seeing not, we love.
5 He liveth, and we live!
His life for us prevails;
His fulness fills our mighty void,
His strength for us avails.