Do not be frightened: You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: He is risen.
Mark 16:6
Words: Mary F. Cusack, Hymns for Children by a Religious of the Holy Order of the Poor Clares (London: 1862).
Music: Reva Falls H. Elliot Button, 1893 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Cusack or Button (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Hark! the angels bright are singing
In the glorious Easter sky:
Jesus from the grave has risen,
Jesus now no more may die.
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Alleluia! Alleluia!
This is what the angels say;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
We will sing with them today.
Pilate’s soldiers tried to keep
Jesus fast within the grave;
And they put a seal and stone
Upon the entrance to the cave.
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But when three days passed away,
At the awful midnight hour,
Jesus rose all gloriously
By His own almighty power.
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We must die as Jesus died,
But we, too, from death shall rise;
Then with Him, if we are good,
We shall reign beyond the skies.
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