Easter Joy (White)

With joy we raise our voic­es

In one thanks­giv­ing song;

While ev­ery heart re­joic­es

And would the song pro­long.

’Tis glad­some East­er morn­ing

Blest re­sur­rect­ion day;

The glo­ry of its dawn­ing

Casts all our fears away.

Today we sing the tri­umph

Of Je­sus Christ our king

Who burst the grave’s dark fet­ters

And life to light did bring.

Who taught by His blest ris­ing

On happy East­er day

This migh­ty truth sur­pris­ing

Our souls shall live al­way.

Each heart today be­liev­ing

The pro­mise of the years

Is peace and strength re­ceiv­ing

And faith to calm all fears.

Today we hear His mes­sage

As I live

so shall ye;

Let not your hearts be trou­bled

Believe al­so in Me.

And thus our hearts with glad­ness

Would hail this East­er day

And ban­ish shade of sad­ness

From ev­ery soul away;

For Je­sus has aris­en

To be our Lord and king;

The grave has lost its vic­to­ry

And death has lost its sting.