Introduction
Words: Mattie Childs, in Happy Greetings, by Asa Hull (New York: Asa Hull, 1888), pages 166–67.
If you know where to get a good photo of Childs (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
He is risen.
Matthew 28:6
Words: Mattie Childs, in Happy Greetings, by Asa Hull (New York: Asa Hull, 1888), pages 166–67.
If you know where to get a good photo of Childs (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Welcome, sweet dawning of the morn,
That saw our Savior rise;
Welcome the glorious, sacred light,
That burst yon eastern skies.
Serene and calm at early dawn,
While nature breathed repose,
Ere Mary sought that lonely tomb,
Our dear Redeemer rose.
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He rose, He rose, He rose!
Triumphant over His foes!
We’ll join with angels in their song,
Loud hallelujahs sing;
Come one and all, His praise prolong,
Till Heav’n with echoes ring.
We magnify a risen Lord,
Though once for sinners slain;
He bore our sorrows and our cares,
Yet lives in Heaven again.
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Sing victory, victory over death,
Our worst and latest foe;
Our loving Savior broke the bars,
That He His power might show.
List! ye redeemed ones, hear the words,
And cease, ye weeping eyes;
First, on the resurrection morn,
The dead in Christ shall rise.
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