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THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR.
No angel's message met our ear,
On that first glorious Easter day;
"The Lord is risen. He is not here;
"Come see the place where Jesus lay."
But we believe that Thou didst quell
The banded powers of earth and hell.
On that first glorious Easter day;
"The Lord is risen. He is not here;
"Come see the place where Jesus lay."
But we believe that Thou didst quell
The banded powers of earth and hell.
We saw Thee not return on high;
And now, our longing sight to bless,
No ray of glory from the sky
Shines down upon our wilderness;
But we believe that Thou art there,
And seek Thee, Lord, in praise and prayer.
And now, our longing sight to bless,
No ray of glory from the sky
Shines down upon our wilderness;
But we believe that Thou art there,
And seek Thee, Lord, in praise and prayer.
The Bright and Morning Star.
The last sand from time's hour-glass
Shall soon disappear,
And like vapour shall vanish
This old rolling sphere.
Shall soon disappear,
And like vapour shall vanish
This old rolling sphere.
On the floor like the chaff-stream
In the dark wintry day,
From the fan of destruction
Shall suns drift away.
In the dark wintry day,
From the fan of destruction
Shall suns drift away.
And the meteors of glory
Which 'wilder the wise,
Only gleam till we open
In true worlds our eyes.
Which 'wilder the wise,
Only gleam till we open
In true worlds our eyes.
But aloft in God's heaven,
There blazeth a star,
And I live while I'm watching
Its light from afar.
There blazeth a star,
And I live while I'm watching
Its light from afar.
From its lustre immortal
My soul caught the spark,
Which shall beam on undying
When sunshine is dark.
My soul caught the spark,
Which shall beam on undying
When sunshine is dark.
So transforming its radiance
Its strength so benign,
Dull clay burns a ruby,
And man grows divine.
Its strength so benign,
Dull clay burns a ruby,
And man grows divine.