A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) 347. The mourners came, at break of day

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)‎#347

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Text:	The Angel at the Tomb
Author:	Sarah F. Adams

347. The Angel at the Tomb

Full Text

The mourners came, at break of day,
Unto the garden sepulchre,
With saddened hearts to weep and pray
For him, the loved one, buried there.
What radiant light dispels the gloom?
An angel sits beside the tomb.

The earth doth mourn her treasures lost,
All sepulchred beneath the snow,
When wintry winds and chilling frost
Have laid her summer glories low;
The spring returns, the flow’rets bloom,—
An angel sits beside the tomb.

Then mourn we not beloved dead,
E’en while we come to weep and pray;
The happy spirit hath but fled
To brighter realms of heavenly day;
Immortal hope dispels the gloom;—
An angel sits beside the tomb.

Text Information
First Line:	The mourners came, at break of day
Title:	The Angel at the Tomb
Author:	Sarah F. Adams
Meter:	L. M.
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1866
Notes:	Public Domain.