Trinity Psalter Hymnal ‎#355

355. 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,
thou, from heav'n beholding
human nature's fall,
of the Father's Godhead
true and only Son,
manhood to deliver,
manhood didst put on. [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 fulfil thy word,
'tis thine own third morning;
rise, O buried Lord. [Refrain]

4 Loose the souls long prisoned,
bound with Satan's chain;
thine that now are fallen
raise to life again;
show thy face in brightness,
bid the nations see;
bring again our daylight;
day returns with thee. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: "Welcome, happy morning!"
• Title: Welcome, Happy Morning
• Author: Venantius H. C. Fortunatus, ca. 530-609
• Translator: John Ellerton (1868, alt. 1961)
• Refrain First Line: "Welcome, happy morning!"
• Meter: 6.5.6.5.D.ref.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2018
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 25:8
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:20-22
• Topic: Christ: As Creator; Christ: Deity of; Christ: Humanity of; Christ: Resurrection of; Hell; Resurrection and Glorification; Satan

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ALBAN
• Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
• Arranger: John Bacchus Dykes (1868)
• Meter: 6.5.6.5.D.ref.
• Key: F Major or modal