He is risen, as He said.
Matthew 28:6
Words: Eden R. Latta, in White Robes for the Sunday-School, by Alonzo Abbey & Merritt J. Munger (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson, 1879), page 96.
Music: Alonzo J. Abbey (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Abbey (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
In the dim and early morning,
As the day begins to dawn,
To the sepulcher approaching,
Loving hearts are drawing on.
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He is risen as He said;
He is risen from the dead;
He is risen as He said,
Risen, risen from the dead.
They are seeking for the Savior
In the dampness and the gloom;
But He slumbers there no longer;
They approach an empty tomb.
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Oh, how sadly do they question,
As in sorrow on they stray!
But behold the shining angel,
He has rolled the rock away!
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Weep no more, ye sad disciples,
Your Redeemer ye shall see;
He is risen as He promised;
Seek for Him in Galilee.
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