ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING

On the resurrection morning\nSoul and body meet again;\nNo more sorrow, no more weeping,\nNo more pain!\n2. Here awhile they must be parted,\nAnd the flesh its Sabbath keep,\nWaiting a holy stillness,\nWrapt in sleep.\n3. For a while the wearied body\nLies with feet toward the morn;\nTill the last and brightest Easter\nDay be born.\n4. But the soul in contemplation\nUtters earnest prayer and strong,\nBursting at the resurrection\nInto song.\n5. Soul and body reunited\nThenceforth nothing shall divide,\nWaking up in Christ’s own likeness\nSatisfied.\n6. O the beauty, O the gladness\nOf that resurrection day,\nWhich shall not through endless ages\nPass away!\n7. On that happy Easter morning\nAll the graves their dead restore;\nFather, sister, child, and mother\nMeet once more.\n8. To that brightest of all meetings\nBring us, Jusu Christ, at last,\nBy thy Cross, through death and judgement\nHolding fast.