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EASTER HERALDS by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: WHO CAME FROM THE TOMB
Last Line: WHEN THE SAVIOUR CAME.
Subject(s): EASTER; HOLIDAYS; THE RESURRECTION;
Who came from the tomb
When Jesus came,
To scatter our gloom
With his living name?
'Twas the angel Hope,
Whose sunbeams go
To the farthest scope
Of our darkest woe.
Hope came from the tomb
When the Saviour came.

Who came from the tomb
When Jesus came,
In the bursting bloom
Of a world aflame?
It was Joy, the angel,
Who sang and sang
Till the glad evangel
Through the wide world rang.
Joy came from the tomb
When the Saviour came.

Who came from the tomb
When Jesus came
From the conquered doom
Of our sin and shame?
It was Love, supreme
Of the angel host,
And her graces gleam
Where we need them most.
Love came from the tomb
When the Saviour came.



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