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MARY AT THE SEPULCHRE. |
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MARY AT THE SEPULCHRE.
“But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping, and as
she wept, she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre.”
John xx. 11.
Mary! seek not in the tomb
Him the grave no more enfoldeth;
Earth's sepulchral, silent gloom,
No such glorious captive holdeth.
Him the grave no more enfoldeth;
Earth's sepulchral, silent gloom,
No such glorious captive holdeth.
Look! the stone is roll'd away,
Deem that tomb no more a prison,
“Shining ones” are there, who say,
“Jesus is not here, but risen!”
Deem that tomb no more a prison,
“Shining ones” are there, who say,
“Jesus is not here, but risen!”
Risen, the conqu'ror of the grave,
Over death and hell victorious;
Dry thy tears, in Him be brave;
Meekly trust His power to save,
And arise to life as glorious!
Over death and hell victorious;
Dry thy tears, in Him be brave;
Meekly trust His power to save,
And arise to life as glorious!
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