15:57
`` O , ye who take freedom from man , with what words shall ye answer it to God ? '' The Victory `` Thanks be unto God , who giveth us the victory . '' * * I Cor . 15:57 . Have not many of us , in the weary way of life , felt , in some hours , how far easier it were to die than to live ? The martyr , when faced even by a death of bodily anguish and horror , finds in the very terror of his doom a strong stimulant and tonic . There is a vivid excitement , a thrill and fervor , which may carry through any crisis of suffering that is the birth-hour of eternal glory and rest .