Welcome, sweet dawning of the morn,
That saw our Sav­ior rise;
Welcome the glo­ri­ous, sac­red light,
That burst yon east­ern skies.
Serene and calm at ear­ly dawn,
While na­ture breathed re­pose,
Ere Ma­ry sought that lone­ly tomb,
Our dear Re­deem­er rose.

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He rose, He rose, He rose!
Triumphant ov­er His foes!

We’ll join with angels in their song,
Loud hal­le­lu­jahs sing;
Come one and all, His praise pro­long,
Till Heav’n with ech­oes ring.
We mag­ni­fy a ris­en Lord,
Though once for sin­ners slain;
He bore our sor­rows and our cares,
Yet lives in Hea­ven again.

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Sing vic­to­ry, vic­to­ry ov­er death,
Our worst and lat­est foe;
Our lov­ing Sav­ior broke the bars,
That He His pow­er might show.
List! ye re­deemed ones, hear the words,
And cease, ye weep­ing eyes;
First, on the re­sur­rect­ion morn,
The dead in Christ shall rise.

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