Who Will Roll Away The Stone?

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Who will roll away the stone?

Author: Thomas T. Lynch
Tune: ST. BEES (Dykes)
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1 "Who will roll away the stone?
We are few and are alone,"
Say the women, sad and weak;
"Who will give the help we seek?"

2 Thus in whispers low they talk,
Sighing on their early walk,
Of the work that has been done
Ere the rising of the sun.

3 Who will climb into the sky,
Bring redemption from on high?
Who will light the dreary grave,
And the dead and dying save?

4 All is done that thou wouldst do;
All is finished, soul, for you;
Life is born, and death is dead,
Day is shining, night has fled.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13477

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Author: Thomas T. Lynch

Lynch, Thomas Toke, was born at Dunmow, Essex, July 5, 1818, and educated at a school at Islington, in which he was afterwards an usher. For a few months he was a student at the Highbury Independent College; but withdrew, partly on account of failing health, and partly because his spirit was too free to submit to the routine of College life. From 1847 to 1849 he was Minister of a small charge at Highgate, and from 1849 to 1852 of a congregation in Mortimer Street, which subsequently migrated to Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square. From 1856 to 1859 he was laid aside by illness. In 1860 he resumed his ministry with his old congregation, in a room in Gower Street, where he remained until the opening of his new place of worship, in 1862, (Morningto… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Who will roll away the stone?
Title:	Who Will Roll Away The Stone?
Author:	Thomas T. Lynch
Meter:	7.7.7.7
Source:	The Rivulet (3rd ed, enl.) (London: Longmans, Green, Readyer & Dyer, 1868)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain