Joy Dawned Again on Easter Day

Joy dawned again on East­er Day

The sun shone out with fair­er ray

When

to their long­ing eyes re­stored

Th’Apos­tles saw their ris­en Lord.

His ris­en flesh with ra­di­ance glowed;

His wound­ed hands and feet He showed:

Those scars their si­lent wit­ness gave

That Christ was ris­en from the grave.

O Je­sus

King of gen­tle­ness

Do Thou our in­most hearts pos­sess;

And we to Thee will ev­er raise

The trib­ute of our grate­ful praise.

Jesus who art the Lord of all

In this our East­er fes­tiv­al

From ev­ery wea­pon death can wield

Thine own re­deemed

Thy peo­ple

shield.

All praise

O ris­en Lord

we give

To Thee

who dead

again dost live;

To God the Fa­ther eq­ual praise

And God the Ho­ly Ghost

we raise.