contemplation

On The Resurrection Morning [#OnTheResurrectionMorning #TheResurrectionMorning #ResurrectionMorning]

Song written by:
Original in English: Sabine Baring-Gould (January 28, 1834 – January 2, 1924)

1
On the resurrection morning
Soul and body meet again
No more sorrow no more weeping
No more pain

2
Here awhile they must be parted
And the flesh its Sabbath keep
Waiting in a holy stillness
Wrapped in sleep

3
For a while the wearied body
Lies with feet toward the morn;
Till the last and brightest Easter
Day be born

4
But the soul in contemplation
Utters earnest prayer and strong
Bursting at the resurrection
Into song

5
Soul and body reunited
Thenceforth nothing shall divide
Waking up in Christ’s own likeness
Satisfied

6
O the beauty O the gladness
Of that resurrection day
Which shall not through endless ages
Pass away

7
On that happy Easter morning
All the graves their dead restore
Father mother sister brother
Meet once more

8
To that brightest of all meetings
Bring us Jesus Christ at last
By Thy cross through death and judgment
Holding fast