Scripture Verse

As Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:40

Introduction

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Lizzie DeArmond (1847–1936)

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Words: Liz­zie De­Ar­mond, in Con­se­crat­ed Hymns, ed­it­ed by Ad­am Gei­bel, R. Frank Leh­man & H. C. Lin­coln (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Gei­bel & Leh­man, 1911), num­ber 112.

Music: Glo­ry to God (Wag­ner), ar­ranged from the Brid­al Chor­us in the op­era Lo­hen­grin, by Ri­chard Wag­ner, 1850 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Richard Wagner (1813–1883)

Lyrics

Hail, East­er Day! glad with His love,
Bringing bright vi­sions of Hea­ven above;
Sad hearts re­joice: Why do you weep?
Jesus our Sav­ior is on­ly asleep.
For us He suf­fered, the sin­less and pure,
Glad for our sakes bit­ter pain to en­dure.
Hail, East­er Day! forth from the grave
Rose the dear Je­sus, a lost world to save.

Hail, East­er Day! beau­ti­ful, bright,
Breaking in glo­ry through earth’s drea­ry night;
Bells of the morn ring clear and strong,
Turning our si­lence to ju­bi­lant song.
Waken from slum­ber! O, crown Him the King!
From the dark tomb peace and life doth He bring.
Hail, East­er Day! in­cense most sweet
Gladly His child­ren lay down at His feet.

Hail, East­er Day! Vic­tor is He,
Broken the pow­er of death now shall be;
Angels of light, joy­ful pro­claim
Glory and hon­or and praise to His name.
Jesus has ris­en, He reigns ev­er­more;
Happy and free, our blest Lord we adore.
Hail, East­er Day! life’s wel­come spring,
Jesus, the migh­ty, our Je­sus is King!