Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Mary to the Savior's tomb
Topic: Christ/Burial and Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s double
Tune: Martyn
Hymn Number: 138
Page Number: 056, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMary to the Savior'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,
Filled with sorrow and surprise;
Trembling, while a crystal flood
Issued from her weepeing eyes.
Jesus who is always near,
Though too often unperceived,
Came her drooping heart to cheer,
Kindly asking why she grieved:
Though at first she knew him not,
When he called her by her name,
She her heavy griefs forgot,
For she found him still the same.
And 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;
You who weep for Jesus' sake,
He will wipe your tears away.