Scripture Verse

Do not be frightened: You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: He is risen. Mark 16:6

Introduction

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),

Lyrics

Hark! the an­gels bright are sing­ing
In the glo­ri­ous East­er sky:
Jesus from the grave has ris­en,
Jesus now no more may die.

Refrain

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.

Refrain

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.

Refrain