A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) 137. Lift your glad voices in triumph on high

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)‎#137

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Text:	Easter Hymn
Author:	H. Ware

137. Easter Hymn

Full Text

Lift your glad voices in triumph on high,
For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die.
Vain were the terrors that gathered around him,
And short the dominion of death and the grave;
He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound him,
Resplendent in glory, to live and to save.
Loud was the chorus of angels on high,—
“The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not die.”

Glory to God, in full anthems of joy;
The being he gave us death cannot destroy.
Sad were the life we must part with to-morrow,
If tears were our birthright, and death were our end;
But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow,
And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend.
Lift, then, your voices in triumph on high,
For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die.

Text Information
First Line:	Lift your glad voices in triumph on high
Title:	Easter Hymn
Author:	H. Ware
Meter:	P. M.
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1866
Notes:	Public Domain.