Resurrection · Hymn 336 · 8.7.8.3
On the resurrection morning
“ I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness”. Ps. 17:16.
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
Wrapt in sleep
3.
For a space the fired body
Lies with feet toward the dawn
Till there breaks the last and brightness
Eastern morn
4.
But the soul in contemplation
Utters earnest pray’r 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.
Oh! The beauty, oh! 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, sister, child and mother
Meet once more
8.
To that brightest of all meetings
Bring us, Jesus Christ, at last
To thy cross through death and judgment
Holding fast
Amen