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Hail the Resurrection day!

Author: St. John of Damascus; John Brownlie Meter: 7.8.7.8 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: Hail the Resurrection day! Let the people shout for gladness; ’Tis a passover of joy,— Let us banish every sadness; For, from death to endless life, Christ our God His people bringeth; As from earth to heaven we rise, Each his song of triumph singeth. From our eyes the veil remove, That we may, in light transcending, See the risen Lord of Life, Life to all in grace extending. Let our ears His voice perceive; To His accents kind attending, We would hear ‘All hail!’ and sing, Every voice in triumph blending. Let the heavens above rejoice, Let the earth take up the measure; All the world, and all therein, Join the festival of pleasure; All things visible unite With invisible in singing; For the Christ is risen indeed, Everlasting gladness bringing. Text Sources: Canon for Easter

Sweetly Sleep

Author: Katharyn D. Bacon Meter: 7.8.7.8 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Sweetly sleep, oh! friends so dear Refrain First Line: Sweetly sleep until the dawn Lyrics: 1 Sweetly sleep, oh! friends so dear, Beneath the flowers, the sun and dew, As today we gather here In loving memory of you. Refrain: Sweetly sleep until the dawn Of that eternal, happy day, When, with every shadow gone, We shall abide in bliss for aye. 2 Sweetly sleep, and take your rest, For every burden now is borne, Safe upon your Savior’s breast, Dear friends, for you we cannot mourn. [Refrain] 3 Sweetly sleep, so free from care, You’ll wake, but ah! to sorrow not, For the joys of Heav’n you’ll share, O happy, happy is your lot! [Refrain] 4 Sweetly sleep, oh! sweetly sleep, Your toil is done, your sorrow o’er; Vigil o’er you angels keep, And blest are you forevermore! [Refrain] Used With Tune: TUALATIN Text Sources: Glad News No. 2 by George W. Bacon (Hudson, NC: Teachers' Music Publishing, 1918)

Sown In Tears

Author: Fanny Downing Meter: 7.8.7.8 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Chill the air and hard the ground Lyrics: 1 Chill the air and hard the ground; Not one ray of sunshine lieth; O’er the moor, with hollow sound, Moaning low, the cold wind sigheth. Sower, break the stubborn soil, Lavish in its furrows heaping; Cease not from thy patient toil, Sow the seed and wait the reaping. 2 Summer sunshine on the hill; Birds on every green tree singing; Shouts of joy the soft air fill, Home the harvest they are bringing. And the sower on the plain, His long buried seed now finding, Mellow heaps of ripened grain Into golden sheaves is binding. 3 In the dark and narrow tomb, Costlier seed we bury weeping, And enwrapped in quiet gloom, Leave it to the Master’s keeping. To the end we cannot see, Faith her heav’nly vision blending, We our buried treasure greet, Sown in tears, but reaped in glory. Used With Tune: ELGOSHAYLE Text Sources: Fount of Blessing

There is a land of pleasure

Author: Anonymous Meter: 7.8.7.8 D Appears in 96 hymnals

How Shall I Meet My Saviour?

Author: Arthur Tozer Russell, 1806-1874; Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676; Edward T. Mickey, Jr., 1908- Meter: 7.8.7.8 D Appears in 16 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How shall I meet my Savior? How shall I truly welcome Thee? What manner of behavior Is by Thy love required of me? I wait for Thy salvation; Grant me, O Lord, Thy Spirit’s light; And my preparation Be well accepted in Thy sight. 2 While with her sweetest flowers Thy waiting Zion strews Thy way, I’ll raise with all my powers, Savior, to Thee a grateful lay; To Thee, the King of glory, My heart will tune a song divine And make Thy love’s bright story Through me in living witness shine. Topics: The Church Year Advent Used With Tune: LEINBACH