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.