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Rh Defeating Sin and Death, his two main arms, And fix far deeper in his head their stings Than temporal death shall bruise the victor's heel, Or theirs whom he redeems,—a death like sleep, A gentle wafting to immortal life. Nor, after resurrection, shall he stay Longer on earth than certain times to appear To his disciples, men who in his life Still followed him; to them shall leave in charge To teach all nations what of him they learned And his salvation, them who shall believe Baptizing in the profluent stream; the sign Of washing them from guilt of sin to life Pure and in mind prepared, if so befall, For death, like that which the Redeemer died. All nations they shall teach; for from that day Not only to the sons of Abraham's loins Salvation shall be preached, but to the sons Of Abraham's faith, wherever through the world; So in his seed all nations shall be blest. Then to the Heaven-of-heavens he shall ascend With victory, triumphing through the air Over his foes and thine; there shall surprise The Serpent, prince of air, and drag in chains Through all his realm, and there confounded leave: Then enter into glory, and resume His seat at God's right hand, exalted high Above all names in Heaven; and thence shall come,