He is risen from the dead.
Matthew 28:7
Words: Lucinda B. Bateman, in Gems and Jewels, by James H. Fillmore & James Rosecrans (Cincinnati, Ohio: Fillmore Brothers, 1890), number 104. Some hymnals give the author as Grace Glenn, Bateman’s pseudonym.
Music: James H. Rosecrans (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Bateman (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Lone in the garden they laid Him,
Low in the tomb, darkness and gloom;
Think of the ones who betrayed Him,
And mourn their fearful doom.
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He is risen, risen, risen,
He is risen from the dead,
He has burst the gloom of Calvary’s tomb,
He is ris’n, our loving head.
Wounded for sin and transgression,
Bearing our pain, cruelly slain;
Come and make humble confession,
Nor pierce your Lord again.
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Empty the tomb where they laid Him,
Broken the seal, bruised but to heal;
Sundered the bands that delayed Him,
Go thou, the truth reveal.
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Bright glows the place where they laid Him,
Make Him your choice, gladly rejoice—
Be not as those who betrayed Him,
O praise Him heart and voice.
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