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O EARTH, ON EASTER MORNING

Scripture Verse

If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8:11

Introduction

Words: An­on­ymous, in Car­ols Old and Car­ols New, ed­it­ed by Charles L. Hut­chins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Par­ish Choir, 1916), num­ber 209.

Music: Her­mo­sil­lo George E. Ol­iv­er (🔊 ).

If you know the au­thor, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you send us an e-mail?

portrait
George Oliver (1856–1941)

Lyrics

O Earth, on East­er morn­ing
All ju­bi­lant­ly sing,
As on the dear Lord’s al­tar
We lay the flow­ers of spring.
They seemed to die in au­tumn,
But lo, to­day they bloom;
So Christ who died has ris­en
In beau­ty from the tomb.

Refrain

Lo, Christ the Lord is ris­en!
O Earth, lift up thy voice
In joy of East­er morn­ing,
The Sav­ior lives: re­joice!

Behold, the grave is emp­ty
In which the Sav­ior lay;
O’er sin and death tri­um­phant
He lives in Heav’n to­day;
And as our Savior liv­eth,
We know that we shall live
And share with Him the glo­ry
He prom­is­eth to give.

Refrain

All hail, Thou ris­en Sav­ior!
By Thy de­sert­ed tomb
Faith stands and points us heav’n­ward
Above earth’s grief and gloom.
There in the spring of Heav­en
The soul’s white flow­er shall rise
From out earth’s win­ter slum­ber
And bloom in pa­ra­dise.

Refrain