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Text:Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say
Author:Venantius C. Fortunatus (c. 530-609)
Transaltor:John Ellerton
Tune:WELCOME, HAPPY MORNING!
Composer:J. Baptiste Calkin

73. Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say

1 Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say:
Hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today.
Lo, the Dead is living, God forevermore!
Him their true Creator, all His works adore.

Chorus:
Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say:
Hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today!
Lo, the Dead is living, God forevermore!
Him, their true Creator, all His works adore.

2 Earth her joy confesses, clothing her for spring,
All fresh gifts returned with her returning King;
Bloom in every meadow, leaves on every bough,
Speak His sorrow ended, hail His triumph now. [Chorus]

3 Months in due succession, days of lengthening light,
Hours and passing moments praise Thee in their flight;
Brightness of the morning, sky and fields and sea,
Vanquisher of darkness, bring their praise to Thee! [Chorus]

4 Thou, of life the Author, death didst undergo,
Tread the path of darkness, saving strength to show;
Come then, True and Faithful, now fulfill Thy word;
‘Tis Thine own third morning, rise, O buried Lord! [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say
Transaltor: John Ellerton
Author: Venantius C. Fortunatus (c. 530-609)
Refrain First Line: Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say
Language: English
Publication Date: 1923
Tune Information
Name: WELCOME, HAPPY MORNING!
Composer: J. Baptiste Calkin



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