A day after Easter and the celebration continues.
Words from one of the songs we sang at worship yesterday:
UP FROM THE GRAVE HE AROSE
By Robert Lowry, 1874
Low in the grave he lay, Jesus my Savior,
waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord!
Up from the grave he arose, with a mighty triumph o'er his foes;
he arose a victor from the dark domain,
and he lives forever, with his saints to reign,
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
Vainly they watch his bed, Jesus my Savior;
vainly they seal the dead, Jesus my Lord!
Up from the grave he arose with a mighty triumph o'er his foes;
he arose a victor from the dark domain,
and he lives forever, with his saints to reign,
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
Death cannot keep its prey, Jesus my Savior;
he tore the bars away, Jesus my Lord!
Up from the grave he arose with a mighty triumph o'er his foes;
he arose a victor from the dark domain,
and he lives forever, with the saints to reign,
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
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Almighty God, graciously behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. One God, for ever and ever. Amen (From The Book of Common Prayer).