Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: Mary to the Saviour's tomb
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: S Marsh
Meter: 7s eight lines
Tune: Martyn
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 194, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMary to the Saviour's tomb
Hasted at the early dawn;
Spice she brought, and sweet perfume,
But the Lord she loved had gone.
For awhile she ling'ring stood,
Fill'd with sorrow and surprise,
Trembling, while a crystal flood
Issued from her weeping eyes.
But her sorrows quickly fled,
When she heard his welcome voice;
Christ had risen from the dead,
Now he bids her heart rejoice:
What a change his word can make,
Turning darkness into day;
Ye who weep for Jesus' sake,
He will wipe your tears away.
He who came to comfort her,
When she thought her all was lost,
Will for your relief appear,
Though you now are tempest toss'd.
On his arm your burden cast,
On his love your thoughts employ;
Weeping for a while may last,
But the morning brings the joy.