A Joyous Easter Hymn

Representative Text

1 Joy dawned again on Easter day,
The sun shone out with fairer ray,
When to their longing eyes restored,
Th' apostles saw their risen Lord.

2 His risen flesh with radiance glow'd;
His wounded hands and side He showed:
Those scars their silent witness gave
That Christ was risen from the grave.

3 O Jesus, King of gentleness,
Do Thou our inmost hearts possess;
And we to Thee will ever raise
The tribute of our grateful praise.

4 All praise, O risen Lord, we give
To Thee, who, dead, again dost live;
To God the Father equal priase,
And God the Holy Ghost, we raise.

Amen.

Source: Hymns of the Church #255

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Author: J. W. Neale

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Text Information

First Line: Joy dawns again on Easter Day
Title: A Joyous Easter Hymn
Author: J. W. Neale
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

LASST UNS ERFREUEN

LASST UNS ERFREUEN derives its opening line and several other melodic ideas from GENEVAN 68 (68). The tune was first published with the Easter text "Lasst uns erfreuen herzlich sehr" in the Jesuit hymnal Ausserlesene Catlwlische Geistliche Kirchengesänge (Cologne, 1623). LASST UNS ERFREUEN appeared…

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PUER NOBIS NASCITUR

PUER NOBIS is a melody from a fifteenth-century manuscript from Trier. However, the tune probably dates from an earlier time and may even have folk roots. PUER NOBIS was altered in Spangenberg's Christliches GesangbUchlein (1568), in Petri's famous Piae Cantiones (1582), and again in Praetorius's (P…

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Hymns of the Church #255

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