459--Not to ourselves again,

Not to ourselves again,

459

	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 is 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.