Scripture Verse

The first day of the week. Matthew 28:1

Introduction

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William W. Gilchrist
1846–1916

Words: Han­nah F. Gould, Po­ems 1841.

Music: Glad Day Will­iam W. Gil­christ, 1895 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Gould (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Day of God, thou bless­èd day,
At thy dawn the grave gave way
To the pow­er of Him with­in,
Who had, sin­less, bled for sin.

Thine the ra­di­ance to il­lume
First, for man, the dis­mal tomb,
When its bars their weak­ness owned,
There re­veal­ing death de­throned.

Then the Sun of right­eous­ness
Rose, a dark­ened world to bless,
Bringing up from mor­tal night
Immortality and light.

Day of glo­ry, day of pow­er,
Sacred be thine ev­ery hour:
Emblem, ear­nest, of the rest
That re­main­eth for the blest.