Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: How calm and beautiful the morn
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: A Fillmore
Meter: CM and 8 8
Tune: Garvin
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 181, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow calm and beautiful the morn
That gilds the sacred tomb
Where once the Crucified was borne,
And veil'd in midnight gloom!
Oh, weep no more the Saviour slain;
The Lord is ris'n; he lives again.
Ye mourning saints, dry ev'ry tear
For your departed Lord;
Behold the place; he is not there;
The tomb is all unbarr'd;
The gates of death were barr'd in vain:
The Lord is ris'n; he lives again.
Now cheerful to the house of prayer
Your early footsteps bend;
The Saviour will himself be there,
Your advocate and friend.
Once by the law your hopes were slain,
But now in Christ ye live again.
How tranquil not he rising day!
Tis Jesus still appears,
A risen Lord, to chase away
Your unbelieving fears;
Oh, weep no more your comforts slain:
The Lord is risen; he lives again.
And when the shades of evening fall,
When life's last hour draws nigh,
If Jesus shines upon the soul,
How blissful then to die!
Since he has risen that once was slain,
Ye die in Christ to live again!