The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5249

5249. On the Resurrection Morning

1. On the resurrection morning,
Soul and body meet again,
No more sorrow, no more weeping,
No more pain.

2. Here awhile they must be parted,
And the flesh its Sabbath keep,
Waiting in a holy stillness,
Wrapped in sleep.

3. For a while the wearied body
Lies with feet toward the morn;
Till the last and brightest Easter
Day be born.

4. But the soul in contemplation,
Utters earnest prayer and strong,
Bursting at the resurrection
Into song.

5. Soul and body reunited
Thenceforth nothing shall divide,
Waking up in Christ’s own likeness
Satisfied.

6. O the beauty, O the gladness
Of that resurrection day,
Which shall not through endless ages
Pass away!

7. On that happy Easter morning
All the graves their dead restore,
Father, mother, sister, brother,
Meet once more.

8. To that brightest of all meetings
Bring us, Jesus Christ, at last,
By Thy cross, through death and judgment,
Holding fast.

Text Information

• First Line: On the resurrection morning
• Title: On the Resurrection Morning
• Author: Sabine Baring-Gould (1864)
• Meter: 87.83
• Language: English
• Source: Church Times, 1864
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: HORNSEY, Samuel S. Wesley, in the European Psalmist, 1872; MANSFIELD (TURPIN), Edmund H. Turpin, in Hymns Ancient and Modern

Tune Information

• Name: RESURRECTION MORN
• Composer: Ira David Sankey (1887)
• Meter: 87.83
• Incipit: 33335 43211 71222
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain