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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William C. Doane (1832–1913)

Words: Will­iam C. Doane (1832–1913). Appeared in Ca­rols Old and Ca­rols New, ed­it­ed by Charles L. Hutch­ins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Par­ish Choir, 1916), num­ber 176, alt.

Music: Kyu­shu J. Al­bert Jef­fe­ry (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Tell the sto­ry of the Ris­en:
Joy from sor­row, peace from pain;
How the Mas­ter broke from pri­son,
Nevermore to die again.

Refrain

Wakened is the heav’n­ly Sleep­er:
Earth casts out her migh­ty dead;
Comforted each earth­ly weep­er,
Lifted ev­ery mour­ner’s head.

Tell the sto­ry of the Liv­ing:
Life from death, from night the day;
This the man­ner of God’s giv­ing;
So He deals with men, al­way.

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Tell the sto­ry of Pass­ov­er;
Dry-shod through the deep, dark sea.
Christ, the Lord of all, and Lov­er,
Leads His hosts to vic­to­ry.

Refrain

Tell the sto­ry now of Eas­ter,
Raise your voic­es high and sing;
Weeper, sleep­er, fast­er, feast­er,
Sursum Cor­da, Christ is King.

Refrain

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The Resurrection
Carl H. Bloch (1834–1890)