Hymn A & M 600- WELCOME, morning of joy, glad
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| Hymn A & M 600- WELCOME, morning of joy, glad |
1. WELCOME, morning of joy, glad
feast that all ages shall hallow,
Day wherein, vanquishing hell, God
cometh forth from the grave.
(Repeat)
2. Lo, the fresh beauty of spring,
reborn from the womb of the
winter,
Tells how, to greet his return, nature
ltself is renewed,
Welcome, etc.
3. He who was nailed to the Cross is
reigning as God over all things,
While the Creator of all all things
created adore.
Welcome, etc.
4. Now, Lord of mercy and might, of
thy promise vouchsafe the fulfiment:
Rise, buried Love, from the tomb:
hasten, the third day is here.
Welcome, etc.
5. Shame would it he that thy limbs
with earth's sorry mould should
he covered, ~
Or that base rock should immure
him who hath ransomed the
world.
Welcome, etc.
6. 'Shame that in durance should lic,
close girt in the tomb‘s rocky
fastness.
He who sustains the whole world,
held in the grasp of his hand.
Welcome, etc.
7. Filling off the clothes of the grave,
leave them there in the sepulcher
lying:
For thou art all that we need, and
without thee we have naught.
Welcome, etc.
8. Meekly thou stoop‘st to the grave,
Who art Author of life and creation,
Treadest the pathway of death.
winning salvation for men.
Welcome, etc.
9. Give back thy face to the world,
with its sunshine to gladden the
ages:
Give back the light of the day, fled
from our eyes at thy Death.
Welcome. etc.
10. Out of the prison of death thou art
rescuing souls without number:
Freely they press to the goal whither
their Maker leads on.
Welcome, etc.
11. Hell’s gloomy castle is stormed.
unloosed are the chains of its
captives;
Chaos and Death flee away, cowed
at the face of the Light.
Welcome, etc.
Hymn A & M 600- WELCOME, morning of joy, glad
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