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EASTER ANGELS
God hath sent His Angels
To the earth again,
Bringing joyful tidings
To the sons of men.
To the earth again,
Bringing joyful tidings
To the sons of men.
They who first at Christmas
Thronged the heavenly way,
Now beside the tomb-door
Sit on Easter-Day.
Thronged the heavenly way,
Now beside the tomb-door
Sit on Easter-Day.
Angels, sing His triumph
As you sang His birth,
“Christ the Lord is risen,
Peace, good will on earth.”
As you sang His birth,
“Christ the Lord is risen,
Peace, good will on earth.”
In the dreadful desert
Where the Lord was tried,
There the faithful Angels
Gathered at His side,
Where the Lord was tried,
There the faithful Angels
Gathered at His side,
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And when in the Garden,
Grief, and pain, and care
Bowed Him down with anguish,
They were with Him there.
Grief, and pain, and care
Bowed Him down with anguish,
They were with Him there.
Yet the Christ they honour
Is the same Christ still,
Who, in light and darkness,
Did His Father's will.
Is the same Christ still,
Who, in light and darkness,
Did His Father's will.
And the tomb, deserted,
Shineth like the sky,
Since He passed out from it,
Into victory.
Shineth like the sky,
Since He passed out from it,
Into victory.
God has still His Angels
Helping, at His word,
All His faithful children,
Like their faithful Lord.
Helping, at His word,
All His faithful children,
Like their faithful Lord.
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Soothing them in sorrow,
Arming them in strife,
Opening wide the tomb-doors,
Leading into life.
Arming them in strife,
Opening wide the tomb-doors,
Leading into life.
Father,send Thine Angels
Unto us, we pray;
Leave us not to wander
All along our way.
Unto us, we pray;
Leave us not to wander
All along our way.
Let them guard and guide us,
Whereso'er we be,
Till our resurrection
Brings us home to Thee.
Whereso'er we be,
Till our resurrection
Brings us home to Thee.
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