where Je­sus lay.

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where Je­sus lay.· 5 hymns found
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And the sky was bright with a ho­ly light
And the sky was bright with a ho­ly light
And there it did both stop and stay,
Drive your anx­ious cares away;
Nor rest­ed till the wan­der­ing star

where Je­sus lay.

Alleluia! O how the an­gels sang.
Alleluia! O how the an­gels sang.
Then did they know as­sur­ed­ly
Christians, dry your flow­ing tears
They came, they saw, and they ad­ored;

The Birthday of a King

Composer: William Neidlinger, 1890
Hymn 1

...And the sky was bright with a ho­ly light

O’er the place where Je­sus lay.

Alleluia! O how the an­gels sang....

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And the sky was bright with a ho­ly light

O’er the place where Je­sus lay.

Alleluia! O how the an­gels sang.

The Birthday of a King

The Birthday of a King

Composer: William Neidlinger, 1890
Hymn 2

...And the sky was bright with a ho­ly light

O’er the place where Je­sus lay.

Alleluia! O how the an­gels sang....

HymnC

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And the sky was bright with a ho­ly light

O’er the place where Je­sus lay.

Alleluia! O how the an­gels sang.

The Birthday of a King

The First Noel

Composer: English carol
Hymn 3

...And there it did both stop and stay,

Right ov­er the place where Je­sus lay.

Then did they know as­sur­ed­ly...

HymnC

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And there it did both stop and stay,

Right ov­er the place where Je­sus lay.

Then did they know as­sur­ed­ly

The First Noel

Morning Breaks upon the Tomb

lyricist: William Collyer, 1812
Composer: The Parish Choir, 1850
Hymn 4

...Drive your anx­ious cares away;

See the place where Je­sus lay.

Christians, dry your flow­ing tears...

HymnC

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Drive your anx­ious cares away;

See the place where Je­sus lay.

Christians, dry your flow­ing tears

Morning Breaks upon the Tomb

Lo, in the East Appears a Star

lyricist: Thomas Cotterill, 1819
Composer: John Hatton, 1793
Hymn 5

...Nor rest­ed till the wan­der­ing star

Stood o’er the place where Je­sus lay.

They came, they saw, and they ad­ored;...

HymnC

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Nor rest­ed till the wan­der­ing star

Stood o’er the place where Je­sus lay.

They came, they saw, and they ad­ored;

Lo, in the East Appears a Star

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