470    L.M.     Samuel Medley
Death Viewed in Jesus. Job 3. 17; Heb. 2. 9-15

1 Death and the grave are doleful themes,
  For sinful mortal worms to sing;
  Except a Saviour’s brighter beams
  Dispel the gloom, and touch the string.

2 Death! awful sound! the fruit of sin,
  And terror of the human race;
  Who, except Jesus smiles within,
  Can look the monster in the face?

3 Yet, dearest Lord, when viewed in thee,
  The monster loses all his dread;
  There all his frightful horrors flee,
  And joy surrounds a dying bed.

4 Jesus, the mighty Saviour, lives,
  And he has conquered death and hell:
  This truth substantial comfort gives,
  And dying saints can sing, “’Tis well.”