Day of Life and Joy!

When Je­sus left His roc­ky tomb

Appearing to His own;

The Tree of Life burst in­to bloom

The sun of glo­ry shone.

In His tri­umph ov­er death and sin

That hap­py East­er day

Eternal life thro’ Him we win;

The stone is rolled away.

’Tis East­er

beau­ti­ful East­er;

Rejoice! ’tis won­der­ful East­er;

We greet thee glo­ri­ous East­er

Beautiful day of life and joy!

O bless­èd hearts that hear His voice

Beneath the cy­press shade!

That in His change­less love re­joice

Their souls in Him are stayed.

Precious hope

that looks be­yond the grave!

In Je­sus we shall meet;

His eye will watch

His arm will save;

We’ll ga­ther at His feet.

When Je­sus left His roc­ky tomb

That morn­ing

calm and fair;

The liv­ing light dis­persed the gloom

And in His joy we share.

In the bless­ing of these East­er hours

We sing His sav­ing name;

The buds of spring and love’s sweet flow’rs

His glo­ry shall pro­claim.