Moonbeams Are Streaming

Moonbeams are stream­ing

When at dawn of East­er Day

Angel forms gleam­ing

To ho­ly wo­men say

Christ is up­ris­en

From death’s dark pri­son;

Come

view the ho­ly place

Where Je­sus lay!

Magdalen weep­ing

Sees two an­gels of the sky

Watch soft­ly keep­ing

As Je­sus draw­eth nigh.

Rise

Ma­ry

speed thee!

Lone hearts now need thee;

Go

tell My breth­ren I

Ascend on high!

To Peter wail­ing

Who his Lord hath thrice de­nied

Comes Love un­fail­ing—

Comes Christ

the Cru­ci­fied.

Dark scru­ples clear­ing

With ac­cents cheer­ing

All Pe­ter’s pe­ni­ten­tial

Tears He dried!

Two sad ones walk­ing

Sorrowing for Christ’s dear sake

He join­eth

talk­ing

And with them bread doth break.

Faith their sight aid­eth

As His form fad­eth:

Burned not their hearts with­in

Them while He spake?

Ten saints des­pair­ing

Meet for mu­tu­al so­lace kind;

Comes Je­sus

bear­ing

Fair hope and joy en­twined.

Sweet peace be­queath­ing

Then on them breath­ing

Preach ye

bap­tize ye all

Absolve and bind!

Golden the sto­ry

Of the ser­aphs

as they sing

Redemption’s sto­ry

The tri­umph of their king.

With joys ab­ound­ing

Bright notes re­sound­ing

Hark

how the sil­ver bells

Of Heav­en ring!