O Angel Fair

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O angel fair of Easter dawn

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [O angel fair of Easter dawn]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 O angel fair of Easter dawn
Speed from thy home of glory;
With loving touch dispel the clouds,
And tell the joyful story.

Refrain:
He lives! He lives!
The joyous bells are ringing;
He lives! He lives!
Earth’ voices glad are singing;
The angel fair of Easter dawn
Proclaims the wondrous story;
The Lord is ris’n!
Rejoice! rejoice! rejoice.

2 Breathe in our hearts a hope divine,
Till stepping from our prison
Our longing souls with rapture cry,
"The Lord for us has risen!" [Refrain]

3 Our Jesus lives who once was dead,
Death’s gates are open swinging;
Thro’ all the world, O angel fair,
Thy message sweet is ringing. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13506

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	O angel fair of Easter dawn
Title:	O Angel Fair
Author:	Lizzie DeArmond
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He lives! He lives, the joyous bells are ringing
Copyright:	Public Domain