Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Angels roll the rock away
Topic: Christ/His Burial and Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> Gibbons
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 189
Page Number: 118, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAngels! 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 00 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.
Praise him, ye celestial choirs!
Tune, and sweep your golden lyres;
Raise, O earth! your noblest songs,
From ten thousand thousand tongues.