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LENT AND EASTER.
How the seal secure was broken
Ere the dawning of the day;
How the solid earth was shaken
When the stone was rolled away;
While the world unconscious slumbered
And the hours of death were numbered.
Ere the dawning of the day;
How the solid earth was shaken
When the stone was rolled away;
While the world unconscious slumbered
And the hours of death were numbered.
Tell—but oh, no tongue can utter
What transcendeth speech and thought!
Passeth angels' comprehension
How the miracle was wrought.
He was dead; and lo! He liveth;
Yea, and Life Eternal giveth!
What transcendeth speech and thought!
Passeth angels' comprehension
How the miracle was wrought.
He was dead; and lo! He liveth;
Yea, and Life Eternal giveth!
Forth He came! the Human Body
He for man the fallen wore,
And the Human Soul united,
Glorified forevermore;
That in wondrous re-creation
Man might share His exaltation.
He for man the fallen wore,
And the Human Soul united,
Glorified forevermore;
That in wondrous re-creation
Man might share His exaltation.
While He fasted in the desert,
Tempted long and sorely tried,
Prayed in anguish in the Garden,
On the Cross in anguish died,
Watching with her Lord and weeping,
Solemn fast the Church was keeping.
Tempted long and sorely tried,
Prayed in anguish in the Garden,
On the Cross in anguish died,
Watching with her Lord and weeping,
Solemn fast the Church was keeping.
