I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand and the latter day upon the earth : and though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.

For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.

Words: Job IXI, 25-26 & Corinthiens XV, 20

Music: Georg Friedrich Handel, from his oratorio "Messiah", 1742