John 12:24: Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground, &c

The Father's Fellow, and His Son
On His everlasting throne
Did long alone abide;
But fell when God became a man,
Into our earth, a heavenly grain.
And here the Saviour died.

The church's Principle and Seed,
Jesus for a season dead
Sprung up out of the grave;
He did through His own virtue rise
And re-ascended to the skies,
Our sinful world to save.

He yields the infinite increase,
Millions of His witnesses
Out of His passion shoot.
Through Jesu's quickening power believe,
Life from their Saviour's death receive,
And fill the world with fruit.

In them the' immortal seed remains,
Them the Bread of life sustains
And feeds, and multiplies,
Till that eternal harvest come.
And raise their bodies from the tomb.
And store them in the skies.