On the Resurrection Morning
"So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruption; it is raised in incorruption." - 1 Cor 15:42
VERSE 1
On the resurrection morning
Soul and body meet again;
No more sorrow, no more weeping
No more pain!
VERSE 2
Here a while they must be parted,
And the flesh its Sabbath keep,
Waiting in a holy stillness,
Wrapt in sleep.
VERSE 3
For a while the tired body
To its resting-place its borne
Till there dawns the last and brightest
Easter morn.
VERSE 4
But the soul in contemplation
Utters earnest prayer and strong,
Breaking at the resurrection
Into song.
VERSE 5
Soul and body reunited
Thenceforth nothing shall divide
Waking up in Christ's own likeness,
Satisfied.
VERSE 6
Oh! the beauty, oh! the gladness
Of that resurrection day
Which shall not through endless ages
Pass away!
VERSE 7
Oh that happy easter morning
All graves their dead restore;
Father, mother, child, and brethen
Meet once more.
VERSE 8
To that brightest of all meetings
Bring us, Jesus Christ, at last;
To Thy cross, through death and judgement,
Holding fast.