Scripture Verse

The angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door. Matthew 28:2

Introduction

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J. Lincoln Hall (1866–1930)

Words: Liz­zie D. De­Ar­mond, in World-Wide Ho­san­nas, ed­it­ed by Ad­am Gei­bel & R. Frank Leh­man (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Gei­bel & Leh­man, 1904), num­ber 225.

Music: J. Lin­coln Hall (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lizzie DeArmond (1847–1936)

Lyrics

O an­gel fair of East­er dawn
Speed from thy home of glo­ry;
With loving touch dis­pel the clouds,
And tell the joyful sto­ry.

Refrain

He lives! He lives!
The joy­ous bells are ring­ing;
He lives! He lives!
Earth’ voic­es glad are sing­ing;
The an­gel fair of East­er dawn
Proclaims the won­drous sto­ry;
The Lord is ris’n!
Rejoice! re­joice! re­joice.

Breathe in our hearts a hope di­vine,
Till step­ping from our pri­son
Our long­ing souls with rap­ture cry,
The Lord for us has ris­en!

Refrain

Our Je­sus lives who once was dead,
Death’s gates are op­en swing­ing;
Thro’ all the world, O an­gel fair,
Thy mes­sage sweet is ring­ing.

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