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EVENTIDE IOS.

W. H. MONK

Our sins, our sorrows, Lord, were laid on Thee; Thy stripes have healed, Thy bonds have set us free;

And

now Thy toil is

o'er; Thy grief and pain Have passed a - way; the veil is

rent in twain.

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OUR sins, our sorrows, Lord, were laid on 3 Yet in Thy glory, on the throne above, Thee;

Thou wast abiding ever, Lord of love,

Thy stripes have healed, Thy bonds have set Eternal, filling all created things us free;

With Thine own presence, Jesus, King of

And now thy toil is o'er; Thy grief and pain kings! Have passed away; the veil is rent in twain. 4 E'en now our place is with Thee on the 2 Now hast Thou laid Thee down in perfect throne,

peace [cease, For Thou abidest ever with Thine own; Where all the wicked from their troubling Yet in the tomb with Thee, we watch for Thy tranquil Sabbath in the grave to keep: Thy Father giveth His beloved sleep.

RESURGAM P. M.

day;

O let Thine angels roll the stone away!

Edward Wilton Eddis 1864

J. B. CALKIN

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4 How calm and blest, the dead now rest
Who in the Lord departed:

All their works do follow them,
Yea, they sleep glad-hearted!

2 The strife is o'er, naught hurts Thee more: 5 O lead us Thou to rest e'en now,

The heart at last hath slumbered

That in conflict sore for us

Bore our sins unnumbered.

With all who, sorely anguished 'Neath the burden of their sins,

Long in woe have languished.

3 Thou awful tomb, once filled with gloom, 6 O Lord, our Rock, soon grant Thy flock

How blessed and how holy

Art thou now, since in the grave

Slept the Saviour lowly!

To see Thy Easter morning:
Strife and pain will all be past
When that day is dawning.

Tr. by Catherine Winkworth 1862

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COME, ye faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness!

God hath brought His Israel
Into joy from sadness,
Loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke
Jacob's sons and daughters,
Led them with unmoistened foot
Through the Red sea waters.
2 "Tis the spring of souls to-day:
Christ hath burst His prison,
From the frost and gloom of death
Light and life have risen.
All the winter of our sins,

Long and dark, is flying
From His light to whom we give
Thanks and praise undying.

ALEXANDER S. M.

3 Now the queen of seasons, bright
With the day of splendor,

With the royal feast of feasts,
Comes its joy to render;
Comes to glad Jerusalem,

Who, with true affection,
Welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus' resurrection!

4 "Hallelujah!" now we cry
To our King Immortal,
Who, triumphant, burst the bars
Of the tomb's dark portal;
"Hallelujah" with the Son,
God the Father praising;
"Hallelujah" yet again
To the Spirit raising.

John of Damascene ab. 700
Tr. by John Mason Neale 1862
H. C. ZEUNER

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B. TOURS

The day of resur- rec-tion, Earth,tell it out a-broad:

The Passover of gladness, The Passo- ver of God.

From death to life eternal, From earth unto the sky,Our Christ hath brought us over, With hymns of victory.

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THE day of resurrection,
Earth, tell it out abroad:
The Passover of gladness,
The Passover of God.
From death to life eternal,

From earth unto the sky,
Our Christ hath brought us over,
With hymns of victory.

2 Our hearts be pure from evil,
That we may see aright
The Lord in rays eternal
Of resurrection-light;

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And, listening to His accents,
May hear, so calm and plain,
His own "All hail!" and hearing,
May raise the victor-strain.

3 Now let the heavens be joyful;
Let earth her song begin;
Let the round world keep triumph
And all that is therein;
Invisible and visible,

Their notes let all things blend,
For Christ the Lord hath risen,
Our Joy that hath no end.

John of Damascene ab. 700 Tr. by John Mason Neale 1862

H. SMART

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Through the open gates of gladness
He returns to life once more;
Death and hell before Him bending,
He doth rise, the victor now:
Angels on His steps attending;
Glory round His wounded brow.-REF.
3 Christ is risen! henceforth never
Death or hell shall us enthrall:
We are Christ's, in Him for ever
We have triumphed over all;

All the doubting and dejection

Of our trembling hearts have ceased: "Tis His day of resurrection!

Let us rise and keep the Feast.-REF.
John Samuel Bewley Monsell 1863

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