Christian Worship ‎#469

469. Welcome, Happy Morning

1 "Welcome, happy morning!"
age to age shall say:
"Hell today is vanquished;
heav'n is won today!"
Lo, the dead is living,
God forevermore!
Him, their true Creator,
all his works adore.

Refrain:
"Welcome, happy morning!"
age to age shall say:
"Hell today is vanquished;
heav'n is won today!"

2 Maker and Redeemer,
life and health of all,
God from heav'n beholding
human nature's fall,
of the Father's Godhead
you, the only Son,
mankind to deliver
manhood did put on. [Refrain]

3 Source of all things living,
you came down to die,
plumbed the depths of hell
to raise us up on high.
Come, then, true and faithful,
come fulfill your word;
this is our third morning—
rise, O buried Lord. [Refrain]

4 Free the souls long prisoned,
bound with Satan's chain;
all that now is fallen
raise to life again.
Show your face in brightness;
shine in ev'ry land
as in Eden's garden
when the world began. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: "Welcome, happy morning!"
• Title: Welcome, Happy Morning
• Author: Venantius Fortunatus, c. 530-609 (abr.)
• Translator: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 (alt.)
• Refrain First Line: "Welcome, happy morning!"
• Meter: 65 65 D with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2021
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 1:3-5
  ;
  1 Peter 3:19
  ;
  Revelation 1:18
  ;
  Matthew 12:40
  ;
  John 2:19
• Topic: Easter
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SEI DU MIR GEGRÜSSET
• Meter: 65 65 D with refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Enchiridion Geistlike Lede und Psalmen, Lübeck, 1545; Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt.
• Copyright: Public Domain