Shall Man O God of Life and Light { Shall Man O God of Life and Light! AMES-Sigismund Neukomm Shall Man, O God of Life and Light! } Shall man, O God of life and light! For ever moulder in the grave? Canst thou forget thy glorious work, Thy promise, and thy power to save? Cease, cease, ye vain, desponding fears! When Christ, our Lord, from darkness sprang, Death, the last foe, was captive led, And heaven with praise and wonder rang. Faith sees the bright eternal doors Unfold to make here children way; They shall be clothed with endless life, And shine in everlasting day. The trump shall sound, the dead shall wake, From the cold tomb the slumb'rers spring; Thro' heaven, with joy, their myriads rise And hail their Saviour and their King!