If I had seen the earthquake and the rending of the veil;

And heard the somber cry as darkness lifted from the dale;

If I had heard the soldier say, "This was the Son of God"

I still could trust no more in all the mercy of His blood.

 

Were I a witness to the tomb as empty as it was;

If I had laid my eyes upon the risen Son of God;

And could I touch the print of nails or feel His wounded side;

I could not say my Lord would then the more with me abide.

 

"If I had been there," say the weak, "Then maybe I'd believe."

But, friend, without a witness, He would not all mankind leave.

The word of those who saw Him gives us grounds for reasoned faith

The sight of man no match for revelation by God's way.

 

"We've seen, we've heard, we've touched the Lord," the witnesses proclaimed;

"But though you have not glimpsed His form, your faith is just the same.

"You have not seen, but yet believe, and this more than you may,

You must! More certain knowledge? No, than that the Lord was raised."

 

 

 

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