Author: Charles S. Smith Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Oh comfort ye my people! Refrain First Line: Then praise Him, ye people Lyrics: 1 Oh comfort ye my people!
All sadness put away;
The bells from many a steeple
Ring in the Easter-day!
Refrain:
Then praise Him, ye people,
Praise Him, ye people all;
Then praise Him, ye people,
All people great and small.
2 Today the lilies springing
From winter’s gloom and cold,
Sweet bells of Easter, ringing,
Tell the glad song of old. [Refrain]
3 That Christ indeed is risen,
And all His saints shall rise,
Fair flowers from death’s cold prison
To bloom in Paradise. [Refrain] Used With Tune: MARNE Text Sources: African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book Philadelphia: African Methodist Episcopal Book Concern, 1898)
Oh, Comfort Ye My People!