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Text:"Welcome, Happy Morning!"
Author:Venantius Fortunatus (530-609)
Translator:John Ellerton
Tune:FORTUNATUS
Composer:Arthur S. Sullivan

207. "Welcome, Happy Morning!"

1 "Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say:
"Hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today!"
Lo! the dead is living, God for evermore!
Him their true Creator, all His works adore!

Refrain:
"Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say.

2 Earth her joy confesses, clothing her for spring,
All fresh gifts returned with her returning King:
Bloom in every meadow, leaves on every bough,
Speak His sorrow ended, hail His triumph now. [Refrain]

3 Thou, of life the Author, death didst undergo,
Tread the path of darkness, saving strength to show;
Come then, True and Faithful, now fulfill Thy word;
'Tis Thine own third morning; rise, O buried Lord! [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: "Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say
Title: "Welcome, Happy Morning!"
Author: Venantius Fortunatus (530-609)
Translator: John Ellerton (1868)
Refrain First Line: "Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say
Meter: 11. 11. 11. 11. with Refrain
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture: ;
Topic: Christ: Resurrection; Christ: Conqueror; Nature (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: FORTUNATUS
Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan (1872)
Meter: 11. 11. 11. 11. with Refrain
Key: G Major



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