The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. -LUKE XXIV. 7.
HE dies! the friend of sinners dies!
Lo! Salem's daughters weep around;
A solemn darkness veils the skies;
A sudden trembling shakes the ground.
2 [Come, saints, and drop a tear or two,
For him who groan'd beneath your load;
He shed a thousand drops for you,
A thousand drops of richer blood.]
3 Here's love and grief beyond degree;
The Lord of glory dies for men ;
But lo! what sudden joys I see!
JESUS the dead revives again.
4 The rising GOD forsakes the tomb,
Up to his Father's courts he flies;
Angelic hosts attend him home,
And shout him welcome to the skies.
5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell
How high our great deliv'rer reigns;
Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell,
And led the tyrant Death in chains.
6 Say, Live for ever, wond'rous King!
Born to redeein, and strong to save!
Then ask, O Death, where is thy sting?
And where thy victory, O Grave?
O Death, where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory? The sting of Death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law: but thanks be to GOD, which giveth us the victory through our Lord JESUS CHRIST.1 Cor. xv. 55 to 57.
"CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to day,"
Sons of men and angels say;
Raise your joys and triumphs high,
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.
2 Love's redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo! our Sun's eclipse is o'er,
Lo! he sets in blood no more.
3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,
CHRIST has burst the gates of hell:
Death in vain forbids his rise,
CHRIST has open'd Paradise.
4 Lives again our glorious King,
Where, O Death, is now thy sting?
JESUS died our souls to save,
Where's thy victory, O Grave?
5 Hail the Lord of earth and heav'n !
Praise to thee by both be giv'n!
Thee we greet triumphant now,
Hail the resurrection-thou.
6 King of glory! Lord of bliss!
Everlasting life is this-
Thee to know thy pow'r to prove,
Here and in thy courts above.
Resurrection. C.M.
But unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings.-MALACHI iv. 2.
THE dark eclipse is past! the sun
With splendour re-appears,
Again his glorious course to run
Amidst the bright'ning spheres.
2 But see from deeper darkness rise
The Sun of Righteousness!
With healing in his wings he flies
The chosen race to bless.
3 Hail, Light of Life, arise and shine,
Bid fear and sorrows cease;
Darkness dispel, our feet incline
To run the paths of peace..
4 Warm'd by thy quick'ning beams of Our living souls aspire,
As flames ascend, to thee above;
Lord JESUS! raise them higher.
5 There on us, with the heavenly host,
Thy brighter beams display,
Where darkness, death, and night are
In everlasting day.
Knowing that CHRIST being raised from the dead, dieth no more death hath no more dominion over him.ROM. vi. 9.
THE SAVIOUR lives, no more to die!
He lives, the Lord, enthron'd on high!
He lives, triumphant o'er the grave!
He lives, eternally to save!
2 He lives, to still his people's fears!
He lives, to wipe away their tears!
He lives, their mansions to prepare,
He lives, to bring them safely there.
3 Ye mourning souls, dry up your tears,
Dismiss your gloomy, groundless fears,
And let your hearts with this revive,
That JESUS CHRIST is yet alive.
4 His Saints he loves, and never leaves;
The chief of sinners he receives;
He'll guard your souls from ev'ry ill,
And all his promises fulfil.
5 Abundant grace will he afford,
'Till you are present with the Lord,
And prove, what you have heard before,
That JESUS lives for ever-more.
121. Resurrection. 8-7-4.
Ye seek JESUS of Nazareth, which was crucified. he is 11sen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.-MARK xvi. 6.
COME, ye saints, behold and wonder,
See the place where JESUS lay:
He has burst his bands asunder
He has borne our sins away:
Joyful tidings!
Yes, the Lord is risen to-day.
2 JESUS triumphs! sing his praises : "Twas by death he overcame: Thus the Lord his glory raises; Thus he fills his foes with shame Sing his praises!
Praises to the victor's name.
3 JESUS triumphs! countless legions
Come from heav'n to meet their King:
Soon, in yonder happy regions,
They shall join his praise to sing :
Songs eternal
Shall through heav'n's high arches
The Lord is risen indeed.-LUKE xxiv. 34.
"THE Lord is ris'n indeed!"
And are the tidings true?
Yes; they beheld the SAVIOUR bleed,
And saw him living too.
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