XIV. EASTER COMMUNION.
I
The mystery of mysteries!
Now let the pure in heart draw nigh,
While every pulse is beating high
With love and holy fear;
For Christ hath risen at break of day,
And bids us from the world away
And haste to meet Him here.
II
The mystery of mysteries!
The Angels and Archangels come
On wings of light from out their home
In ranks of glory wheeling:
Our souls shall mix and blend with theirs,
In loud thank-offerings and prayers,
Before the Altar kneeling.
III
The mystery of mysteries!
The souls that still in dimness dwell
Deep in the Church invisible,
From doubt and care remote,—
They too shall keep the feast to-day,
And to their cells, though far away,
The hymn of joy shall float.
IV
The mystery of mysteries!
Oh! far and wide through all the earth
Emotions of unwonted mirth
And feeling strange shall be;
And secret sounds shall come and go,
Harmonious as the throbbing flow
Of the mysterious sea.
V
The mystery of mysteries!
The dead and living shall be one,
And thrills of fiery transport run
With sweetest power through all;
For one in heart and faith are we,
And moulded one, our Head! through Thee,
The Body Mystical!
VI
The mystery of mysteries!
From east to west the world shall turn,
And stay its busy feet to learn
The musical vibration;
While Saints and Angels high shall raise
In one vast choir the hymn to praise
The Feast of our Salvation.
