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Hymn: Angels roll the rock away (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: Angels roll the rock away

Topic: Christ/Resurrection

Writer: Thomas Scott

Composer: Lowell Mason

Meter: 7s double

Tune: Amboy

Hymn Number: 465

Page Number: 154, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

ANGELS, roll the rock away;
Death, yield up thy mighty prey:
See, the Saviour leaves the tomb,
Glowing with immortal bloom.
Hark! the wondering angels raise
Louder notes of joyful praise:
Let the earth's remotest bound
Echo with the blissful sound.



Now, ye saints, lift up your eyes;
See him high in glory rise:
Ranks of angels, on the road,
Hail him-the incarnate God.
Heaven unfolds its portals wide:
See the Conqueror through them ride
King of glory, mount thy throne-
Boundless empire is thine own.