Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Matthew 28:6
Words: Anonymous, in Hymns for the Children of the Church (London: Church Extension Association, 1907), number 502.
Music: Bishkek Henry Smith, 1907 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know the author, or where to get a good photo of him or Smith (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
O come on this bright Easter Day
Before the sun has risen,
And see the place where Jesus lay,
Who now has burst His pris’n!
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He is risen! He is risen!
Jesus takes from death its sting;
He is risen! He is risen!
Vict’ry oe’r the grave we sing.
The Form that lay so cold and still
In holy Joseph’s grave,
Now lives again by His own will,
And shows His power to save.
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The Marys came ere morning light
On that first Easter Day,
But earlier still the angel bright
Had rolled the stone away.
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And now their risen Lord they meet,
And hear His word All hail
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They kneel and hold Him by the feet,
Then haste to tell the tale.
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