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Hymn: Angels roll the rock away (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Angels roll the rock away

Topic: Christ/Burial and Resurrection

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: L Mason

Meter: 7s double

Tune: Amboy

Hymn Number: 135

Page Number: 055, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Angels! roll the rock away;

Death! yield up thy mighty prey;

See! the Savior 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.