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Joy to know his soul's deep travail
Should not be a thing in vain,
And that joy and peace should blossom
From his agonizing pain.
Should not be a thing in vain,
And that joy and peace should blossom
From his agonizing pain.
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
It was done, the deed of horror;
Christ had died upon the cross,
And within an upper chamber
The disciples mourned their loss.
Christ had died upon the cross,
And within an upper chamber
The disciples mourned their loss.
Peter's eyes were full of anguish,
Thinking sadly of the trial
When his boasted self-reliance
Ended in his Lord's denial.
Thinking sadly of the trial
When his boasted self-reliance
Ended in his Lord's denial.
Disappointment, deep and heavy,
Shrouded every heart with gloom,
As the hopes so fondly cherished
Died around the garden tomb.
Shrouded every heart with gloom,
As the hopes so fondly cherished
Died around the garden tomb.
And they thought with shame and sorrow
How they fled in that dark hour,
When they saw their Lord and Master
In the clutch of Roman power.
How they fled in that dark hour,
When they saw their Lord and Master
In the clutch of Roman power.
We had hoped, they sadly uttered,
He would over Israel reign,
But to-day he lies sepulchred,
And our cherished hopes are vain.
He would over Israel reign,
But to-day he lies sepulchred,
And our cherished hopes are vain.
