I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
Revelation 1:18
Words: Anonymous, in Sunday School Service and Hymn Book (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1875).
Music: Samuel P. Warren (1841–1915) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know the author, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Jesus, our Savior, we welcome Thy rising!
Welcome Thy rising from death and the grave!
Hail to the Victor o’er sin and o’er sorrow,
Hail to the Prince who is mighty to save!
Jesus is risen! Jesus is risen!
Hail to the Prince who is mighty to save!
Seek we with Mary, the tomb in the garden?
Angels may show us the place where He lay.
Empty the sepulcher! folded the grave-clothes!
Jesus arose ere the dawning of day!
Jesus is risen! Jesus is risen!
Jesus arose ere the dawning of day!
Yet He is near, if we turn when He speaketh,
Calling our names, till we know it is He.
Hands might not touch Him until He ascended—
Master, Rabboni! our hearts cling to Thee!
Jesus is risen! Jesus is risen!
Master, Rabboni! our hearts cling to Thee!
Welcome to Him who was dead and who liveth!
Jesus, our Savior, alive evermore!
Bring we our treasures and spread them before Him!
Jesus our Savior, we love and adore!
Jesus is risen! Jesus is risen!
Jesus our Savior, we love and adore!