Scripture Verse

When Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. Mark 16:9–10

Introduction

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Henry L. Gilmour (1836–1920)

Words: L. Paul­ine Gil­mour, 1904.

Music: Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

All na­ture is sleep­ing,
The world’s wrapped in death;
E’en the winds in their sigh­ing
Have hushed their sad breath;
For the God who had made them
Lies still in death’s sleep,
And His heart­brok­en fol­low­ers
Can but trem­ble and weep.

Refrain

O sing it! O shout it!
This won­drous refrain,
Our Lord is tri­um­phant,
The Lamb that was slain;
He the vict’ry has won
Over death and the grave,
Henceforth and for­ev­er
The mighty to save.

How sad­ly they ga­ther
In dark­ness and gloom,
For He whom they loved
Is now locked in the tomb;
They wait in that cham­ber,
They know not for what,
How bur­dened their hearts are,
How hard seems their lot.

Refrain

But hark! now while sit­ting
In silence and fears,
The sound of glad voic­es
Breaks forth on their ears;
’Tis the wo­men whose love led
Them forth in the night,
And Je­sus now bids them
To haste with the light.

Refrain

He’s ris­en! He’s ris­en!
Hear the wo­men’s glad cry;
He’s ris­en! He’s ris­en!
No more will He die;
Go forth, glad ev­an­gel,
Go forth in your might;
The Sav­ior has called you,
O haste with the light.

Refrain