That Blessed Easter Day

The sepulchre was empty, The women stood without

Author: Lavinia E. Brauff
Tune: [The sepulchre was empty]
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1 The sepulchre was empty,
The women stood without,
Their hearts were filled with sorrow,
With wonder, fear and doubt
They came with fragrant spices
That blessed Easter day,
They said, “The stone is heavy,
Who’ll roll the rock away?”

2 “Fear not,” the angels whispered,
“May peace your spirits cheer,
The Lord you love is risen,
Your Master is not here;
Go tell all His disciples
Their Saviour lives again,
Who for the sins of many
On Calvary was slain.”

3 Sometimes life’s heavy crosses
Seem more than we can bear,
Sometimes our footsteps falter
Beneath the load of care,
When trials overtake us,
Let us look up and pray,
No cross will be too heavy
For Christ to roll away.

Source: Uplifted Voices: a 20th century hymn book for sunday-schools and devotional meetings #181

Author: Lavinia E. Brauff

Lavinia E. Brauff was born in Pittsburgh 12 October, 1851. She was blind from infnacy. She was educated at the School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Her first hymn was published in 1894 to the music of H. P. Danks. 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: The sepulchre was empty, The women stood without
Title: That Blessed Easter Day
Author: Lavinia E. Brauff
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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