1 Wake and sing!
Jesus from the grave has risen;
Praise His name!
Unto us a hope is given;
We, some time, will escape
From death’s dark prison;
Death is conquered, hallelujah!
Christ is ris’n.
Refrain:
Sing, sing, sing!
Make the anthems swell out stronger;
Ring, ring, ring!
Let the bells now peal out longer;
Sing, sing, sing!
Let the carols rise forever;
Death is conquered, hallelujah!
Christ is ris’n.
2 Praise the Lord!
He has robbed death of its terror,
And from us every fear has gone forever;
Praise the Lord!
We will glory in Him ever;
Death is conquered, hallelujah!
Christ is ris’n. [Refrain]
3 Praise His name!
He’s the hope of our salvation;
Praise ye Him!
Every land and every nation,
Join ye now
In the song of jubilation;
Death is conquered, hallelujah!
Christ is ris’n. [Refrain]
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #12932
Born: July 1872, Delaware (probably Wilmington)
Died: November 20, 1954, Wilmington, Delaware.
Buried: Lombardy Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware.
Marks was apparently living in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1913. His works include:
Cream of Song, with Leander Pickett & O. B. Culpepper & (Louisville, Kentucky: Pickett Publishing Company, 1906)
Tears and Triumphs No. 4, with Leander Pickett & Benjamin Butts (Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, 1910)
Noted Hymns, 1927 (editor)
Lyrics--
Christmas Joy
Tasting the Joys
Trying to Be More like Jesus
We Shall Hear Him Say, "Well Done"
Music--
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