Author: Jubilate Hymns version of a text by George R Woodward 1848-1934
This joyful eastertide
away with sin and sadness!
our Lord, the Crucified,
has filled our hearts with gladness:
Had Christ, who once was slain,
not burst his three-day prison
our faith would be in vain-
but now is Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen, arisen!
2. My being shall rejoice
secure within God’s keeping,
until the trumpet voice
shall wake us from our sleeping:
3. Death’s waters lost their chill
when Jesus crossed the river;
his love shall reach me still,
his mercy is for ever:
Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 2:8, Joshua 3:10-17, 1 Corinthians 12:3, Psalms 118:24, 1 Corinthians 2:2, Acts 2:24, John 16:22, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Mark 16:1-8, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Psalms 118:29, Psalms 136:1-4, Matthew 27:52, John 10:28-29
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