Conquered

My fortress is in ruins within;
     Its keep is in Your hands:
Within You have destroyed my sin
     And conquered with Your band.

Your band of angels, saints have won,
     And now my life’s Your own.
Redeemed I am by only Son;
     With good seeds I am sown.

I see those seeds will virtues grow
     To guide me in new life,
Expanding truth I now can know,
     Freed from my inner strife.

Now I can look at saints above
     Who to me here have come
And bring to me undying love
     As I myself become.

And when I’m lowered in the grave,
     I will arise with You;
For You have come to all us save
     To make each one anew.