- On the resurrection morning
Soul and body meet again;
No more sorrow, no more weeping,
No more pain.
- Here awhile they must be parted,
And the flesh its sabbath keep,
Waiting in a holy stillness,
Wrapt in sleep.
- For a space that tired body
Lies with feet toward the dawn;
Till there breaks the last and brightest
Easter morn.
- But the soul in contemplation
Utters earnest prayers and strong;
Breaking at the resurrection
Into song.
- Soul and body reunited,
Thenceforth nothing will divide,
Waking up in Christ's own likeness,
Satisfied.
- Oh, the beauty, oh, the gladness
Of that resurrection-day!
Which shall not through endless ages,
Pass away!
- On that happy Easter morning
All the graves their dead restore,
Father, sister, child and mother,
Meet once more.
- To that brightest of all meetings,
Bring us, Jesus Christ, at last;
To Thy cross, through death and judgment,
Holding fast. Amin.