Jesus! Source of life eternal (Hymn 98)

Verse 1: Jesus! Source of life eternal! Jesus, Author of our breath! Victor o'er the hosts infernal, By defeat, and shame, and death, Thou through deepest tribulation Deigned to pass for our salvation: Thousand, thousand praises be, Lord of glory, unto Thee! Verse 2: Thou, O Son of God! wert bearing Cruel mockings, hatred, scorn; Thou, the King of glory, wearing, For our sake, the crown of thorn: Dying, Thou didst us deliver From the chains of sin for ever; Thousand, thousand praises be, Precious Savior, unto Thee! Verse 3: All the shame men heaped upon Thee, Thou didst patiently endure; Not the pains of death too bitter, Our redemption to procure: Wondrous Thy humiliation To accomplish our salvation: Thousand, thousand praises be, Precious Savior. unto Thee! Verse 4: Heart-felt praise and adoration, Savior, thus to Thee we give: For Thy life's humiliation, For Thy death, whereby we live; All the grief Thou wert enduring, All the bliss Thou wert securing, Evermore the theme shall be, Of thanksgivings, Lord, to Thee.