Easter, joy­ous East­er, ho­ly hap­py time!
Bells ring out their mes­sage,
Joy in ev­ery chime;
Sweetly through their mu­sic,
Faint an ec­ho swells,
Voices seem to min­gle with the bells.

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Seek ye not the liv­ing here among the dead;
Christ the Lord is ris­en, ris­en as He said;
Blessèd re­as­sur­ance, gone the wea­ry night,
Christ is ris­en! East­er breaks in floods of light!

Voices in a gar­den, near a rock-hewn tomb,
Gracious heav’n­ly voic­es,
Cheering earth’s dark gloom;
Voices from the glo­ry,
Sent from thence to tell,
Jesus lives again! Im­ma­nu­el!

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Other voic­es ec­ho, through the East­er chime
One above all oth­ers,
Speaks with pow’r sub­lime;
Tender words of com­fort,
Peace and love pro­found,
O’er the world tod­ay His words re­sound.

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