Scripture Verse

I am the Living One; I was dead, and now…I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. Revelation 1:18

Introduction

Words: Ma­ry L. But­ler, in the Pri­mary Teach­ers’ Ma­nu­al, ed­it­ed by Chris­to­pher R. Black­all, Kate Her­shey Row­land & Car­rie H. Smith (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1913), num­ber 6.

Music: L. Er­hardt (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Er­hardt’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or But­ler (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

The East­er flow­ers are sweet and fair,
The birds are sing­ing ev­ery­where;
The child­ren, too, their voic­es raise,
In songs of praise:
They sing the song that ne’er grows old,
The sweet­est story ev­er told.
Christ lives! Christ lives!
Forevermore.

Christ lives! Let all be glad to know,
He lives be­cause He loves us so.
Our Lord, who cares for ev­ery need,
Is ris’n in­deed!
Sing, children, birds and flow­ers to­day,
The Lord is ris’n to reign al­way.
Christ lives! Christ lives!
Forevermore.