“…And have the keys of hell and death” – Rev 1:18
1 On the resurrection morning
Soul and body meet again;
No more sorrow, no more weeping
No more pain!
2 Here a while they must be parted,
And the flesh its Sabbath keep,
Waiting in a holy stillness,
Wrapt in sleep.
3 For a while the tried body
To its resting-place its borne
Till there dawns the last and brightest
Easter morn.
4 But the soul in contemplation
Utters earnest prayer and strong,
Breaking 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, mother, child, and brethren
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.