God Hath Sent His Angels

God hath sent His an­gels to the earth again

Bringing joy­ful tid­ings to the sons of men;

They who first at Christ­mas

Thronged the heav­en­ly way

Now be­side the tomb door sit on East­er day.

Angels

sing His tri­umph as you sang His birth

Christ the Lord is ris­en

peace

good­will on earth!

In the dread­ful desert

where the Lord was tried

There the faith­ful an­gels ga­thered at His side;

And when

in the gar­den

grief and pain and care

Bowed Him down with ang­uish

They were with Him there.

Yet the Christ they hon­or is the same Christ still

Who

in light and dark­ness

did His Fa­ther’s will;

And the tomb

de­sert­ed

shin­eth like the sky

Since He passed from out it

in­to vic­to­ry.

God has still His an­gels

help­ing at His word

All His faith­ful child­ren

like their faith­ful Lord;

Soothing them in sor­row

arm­ing them in strife

Opening wide the tomb doors

lead­ing in­to life.