Angels Broke the Seal

Angels clothed in shin­ing rai­ment

Broke the seal and pierced the tomb

While their faces

like the lightn­ing

All the shud­der­ing depths il­lume.

Roman sol­diers fly af­fright­ed

As the tid­ings they re­veal

Christ is judg­ment

say the an­gels

Sent of God to break the seal.

Lo! we thank Him for their mis­sion

As we toward His tem­ples throng

Bringing forth spring’s fair­est blos­soms

Lifting high our nob­lest song.

Lifting

lov­ing

ten­der Sav­ior

While Thy sac­ri­fice we feel

From these hearts in guilt that lang­uish

Bid Thine an­gels break the seal.

Roll away the stone for­ev­er

From all hearts that lie in gloom

Bid the bless­èd light of Heav­en

Angel-like their depths il­lume.

So shall we

re­deemed and ris­en

In our Fa­ther’s pre­sence kneel

Blessing Him whose white robed an­gels

Broke for us the earth­ly seal.