Oh, what a life! Oh, what a peace (Hymn 499)

Verse 1: Oh, what a life! Oh, what a peace! The Christ who's all within me lives. With Him I have been crucified; This glorious fact to me He gives. Now it's no longer I that live, But Christ the Lord within me lives. Now it's no longer I that live, But Christ the Lord within me lives. Verse 2: Oh, what a joy! Oh, what a rest! Christ now is being formed in me. His very nature and life divine In my whole being inwrought shall be. All that I am came to an end, And all of Christ is all to me. All that I am came to an end, And all of Christ is all to me. Verse 3: Oh, what a thought! Oh, what a boast! Christ shall in me be magnified. In nothing shall I be ashamed, For He in all shall be applied. In woe or blessing, death or life, Through me shall Christ be testified. In woe or blessing, death or life, Through me shall Christ be testified. Verse 4: Oh, what a prize! Oh, what a gain! Christ is the goal toward which I press. Nothing I treasure, nor aught desire, But Christ of all-inclusiveness. My hope, my glory, and my crown Is Christ, the One of peerlessness. My hope, my glory, and my crown Is Christ, the One of peerlessness.