Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: How calm and beautiful the morn
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM with two 8s
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Hymn Number: 693
Page Number: 412, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW calm and beautiful the morn
That gilds the sacred tomb,
Where once the crucified was borne,
And veiled in midnight gloom!
O, 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 closed in vain;
The Lord is ris'n, he lives again.
Now cheerful to the house of prayer
Your early footsteps bend,
The Savior 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 now the rising day!
'Tis Jesus still appears,
A risen Lord to chase away,
Your unbelieving fears:
O, weep no more your comforts slain,
The Lord is ris'n he lives again.
And when the shades of evening fall,
When life's last hour draws nigh,
If Jesus shine upon the soul,
How blissful then to die:
Since he has ris'n that once was slain,
Ye die in Christ to rise again.