1 There’s a vision of angels, a stone rolled away,
A song full of wondrous delight;
There’s a message of gladness, a word of good cheer,
A glory that gleams thro’ earth’s drear night.
Refrain:
There’s a message of gladness, O tell it again,
Till hearts shall rejoicingly sing,
In tune to the music that echoes afar,
“All praise to the conquering King!”
2 With the springtime of beauty our Lord doth arise
In souls that have victory won;
Blooms the cross with bright blossoms, the flowers of hope,
For life thro’ the Savior just begun. [Refrain]
3 We can pass thro’ the shadows where Jesus has trod,
His light shall illumine each way;
Hail to him who is reigning, by angels adored,
The Lord of our blessed Easter day. [Refrain]
Source: Sunday School Voices: a collection of sacred songs #229
Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >
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