LAZARUS

What better name than “Lazarus our friend”?

Here was a man who knew the Saviour bless

And knew the love of Christ the Lord himself

And Christ's companions, His chosen men.

Yet their affection and care could not divert

The final enemy, the force of death.

Seeing that force with all its dire effects,

Bearing it in His spirit, the Saviour wept.

His resurrection rights moved to attest

He was the Son of God with power on earth.

Lazarus raised was early evidence

The final foe, like all foes, will be quelled.