EVENTIDE IOS. W. H. MONK 4 Our sins, our sorrows, Lord, were laid on Thee; Thy stripes have healed, Thy bonds have set us free; b4 2964 And now Thy toil is o'er; Thy grief and pain Have passed away; the veil is rent in twain. 275 Thou wast abiding ever, Lord of love, OUR sins, our sorrows, Lord, were laid on 3 Yet in Thy glory, on the throne above, 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 276 THOU Sore oppressed, the Sabbath-rest In yon still grave art keeping: All thy labor now is done, Past is all Thy weeping. 4 How calm and blest, the dead now rest All their works do follow them, 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: Tr. by Catherine Winkworth 1862 From death to life eternal, From earth unto the sky,Our Christ hath brought us over, With hymns of victory. WILSON 8s, 7s, D. with Refrain H. WILSON Christ is risen! Hal - le - lu- jah! Ris-en our vic- to-rious Head! Sing His prais-es! Hal-le lu-jah! Christ is ris-en from the dead! Gratefully our hearts adore Him, As His light once more ap CHRIST is risen! Hallelujah! Risen our victorious Head! Sing His praises! Hallelujah! Christ is risen from the dead! Gratefully our hearts adore Him, As His light once more appears; Bowing down in joy before Him, Rising up from grief and tears. REF.-Christ is risen! Hallelujah! Risen our victorious Head. Sing His praises! Hallelujah! Christ is risen from the dead! 2 Christ is risen! all the sadness Of His earthly life is o'er: Through the open gates of gladness Let us rise and keep the Feast.-REF. |