Three Women Went Forth

Representative Text

1 Three women went forth at the break­ing of day,
Sweet oint­ment and spic­es on Je­sus to lay;
Sad, sad were their hearts as they went thro’ the gloom
And thought of their Lord ly­ing dead in the tomb.

2 ’Twas all in a se­pul­cher Jo­seph had made,
Rough-hewn in the rock, that our Sav­ior was laid;
And Jo­seph had rolled a great stone at the door,
And Pi­late had sealed it to make it more sure.

3 There sol­diers kept watch, keep­ing guard night and day
For fear that the Christ would be stol­en away;
But vain were the vi­gil and the craft of His foes,
Triumphant o’er death and the grave He arose.

4 Three wo­men drew nigh to the grave at the dawn,
The stone was rolled back, and their Sav­ior was gone;
And two shin­ing angels in gar­ments so white,
With words of great joy put their sor­rows to flight.

5 "All hail, bless­èd wo­men! Why weep for the dead?
Your Lord is not here: He is ris’n as He said;
Now come, see the place where the Lord late­ly lay,
Then haste, spread the news—He is ris­en to­day."


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16554

Author: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Three women went forth at the breaking of day
Title: Three Women Went Forth
Author: Anonymous
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

THREE WOMEN WENT FORTH


ST. DENIO

ST. DENIO is based on "Can mlynedd i nawr" ("A Hundred Years from Now"), a traditional Welsh ballad popular in the early nineteenth century. It was first published as a hymn tune in John Roberts's Caniadau y Cyssegr (Hymns of the Sanctuary, 1839). The tune title refers to St. Denis, the patron saint…

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