The East­er sun­shine breaks again
On all the sin­ful earth,
More glo­ri­ous than the star­lit morn,
We sang at Je­sus’ birth!
We’ve watched be­side our Sav­ior’s cross,
We’ve sor­rowed at His grave;
But now He’s brok­en death’s dark bands,
Our Je­sus, strong to save!

Fair blos­soms on the East­er morn
Fling forth their frag­rance sweet,
And tell of re­sur­rect­ion joy,
And Je­sus’ work com­plete!
But fair­er still the of­fer­ing,
Each lov­ing heart should bring,
Of faith and love and pe­ni­tence,
To Christ, its ris­en king.

So on this glo­ri­ous East­er day
Our glad­some songs we raise,
And ec­ho e’en to Hea­ven’s gates
Our hap­py notes of praise!
For He who died is ris­en again,
The Life, the Truth, the Way!
Sing on, ye hap­py Chris­tian hearts,
The Lord is ris­en to­day.
Sing on, ye hap­py Chris­tian hearts,
The Lord is ris­en to­day.