The Lord is risen.
Luke 24:34
Words: Minnie C. Ballard, in The International Lesson Hymnal (Chicago, Illinois: David C. Cook, 1878), number 108.
Music: Pitt E. B. Smith, 1878 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Smith’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
The Lord, the Lord is risen!
Exulting angels sing!
He’s left the grave’s dark prison,
And death has lost its sting.
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The Lord, the Lord is risen!
Exulting angels sing!
He’s left the grave’s dark prison,
And death has lost its sting.
No more shall men in anguish
His bleeding wounds survey,
No more disciples languish,
He comes! the Star of day.
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Bring flowers, sweetest flowers,
His pathway to adorn,
And hail the joyous hours
Of this fair Easter morn.
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