Scripture Verse

Come, see the place where the Lord lay. Matthew 28:6

Introduction

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Thomas T. Lynch (1818–1871)

Words: Tho­mas T. Lynch, The Ri­vu­let, third edi­tion, en­larged (Lon­don: Long­mans, Green, Read­er & Dyer, 1868), num­ber 117, alt.

Music: Beth­le­hem (Fink) Gott­fried W. Fink, 1842 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

  • Cleansing Foun­tain 19th Cen­tu­ry Am­er­ican camp meet­ing tune (🔊 pdf nwc)
  • Ellacombe Würt­tem­berg Ger­ma­ny, 1784 (🔊 pdf nwc)
  • Fair Ha­ven tra­di­tion­al Scot­tish tune (🔊 pdf nwc)
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Gottfried W. Fink (1783–1846)

Lyrics

Arise, sad heart, arise in haste,
Come forth, but not to weep;
Come, end thy sor­row at the grave
Where Je­sus lay asleep.
Astir He was be­fore the sun:
The stone was rolled away
While dark­ness yet with­held the dawn—
There are two suns to­day.

His ser­vant, day’s fa­mil­iar lord,
Shall shine no more in vain;
For He, the ev­er­last­ing sun,
In flam­ing pow­er shall reign.
Rise, fee­ble heart, come quick­ly forth,
Though wea­ry night was long;
Let sor­row now be ve­ry glad,
And weak­ness ve­ry strong.

Forget the shud­der and the shout,
The noon with ter­ror black,
That dark­ly-fin­ished work of woe—
The Work­er has come back;
Himself His fin­ished work, is here;
Come, greet the ho­ly light
That flows from sor­row-soft­ened eyes
With love eter­nal bright.

Rise, hap­py heart, arise in haste,
And into Ed­en come;
New pa­ra­dise is plant­ed now,
And He, its beau­ty’s sum;
Its tree of life, its light of life,
Its stream of life is here;
Come, hal­low many hap­py songs
With one last hap­py tear.