Lo, The Winter Is Past

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Nature from her sleep is waking

Author: Arthur M. F. Custance (1902)
Tune: [Nature from her sleep is waking]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Nature from her sleep is waking,
From her icy bondage breaking,
Vernal life and beauty taking,
Lo, the winter is past.
Birds their carols sweet are singing
Trees and flow’rs their fragrance bringing,
Lo, the winter is past,
Lo, the winter is past.

2 In our hearts new joy is dawning,
On this happy Easter morning,
Every life with hope adorning,
Lo! the winter is past!
Gone are Lenten gloom and sadness,
Bright our path with Easter gladness,
Lo! the winter is past!
Lo! the winter is past!

3 Christ with pow’rs of Death hath striven,
To the world new life hath given,
Op’ning wide the gates of Heaven,
Lo! the winter is past.
Sing we to our Lord most glorious,
Rising over Death victorious,
Lo! the winter is past!
Lo! the winter is past!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #11722

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Author: Arthur M. F. Custance

Born: June 9, 1867, Colwall, Herefordshire, England. Died: August 21, 1926, Duluth, Minnesota. Custance’s parents were George Musgrave Custance and Elizabeth Hume. In 1881, Arthur was studying in Lancing, Sussex. He then attended Oxford University, and in 1891, was probably in Pembrokeshire, Wales. After emigrating to America, he taught Latin and music in the public schools of Duluth, Minnesota (1892-1926). He served as choir master for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Duluth over the same time span, and was also an organist and composer. Custance’s first wife, Thyrea, died before 1920. At the time of his death, his wife… Go to person page >

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