"WELCOME happy morning!" age to age 4 Maker and Redeemer, life and health of all,

shall say;

Hell to-day is vanquished, heaven is won today!

Lo! the dead is living, God for evermore! Him, their true Creator, all His works adore! "Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say.

2 Earth her joy confesses, clothing her for
spring,

All fresh gifts returned with her returning
King:

Bloom in every meadow, leaves on every
bough.

Speak His sorrow ended, hail His triumph

now.

Hell to-day is vanquished, heaven is won today.

3 Months in due succession, days of lengthening light,

Hours and passing moments praise Thee in their flight;

Thou from heaven beholding human nature's
fall,

Of the Father's Godhead true and only Son.
Manhood to deliver, manhood didst put on.
Hell to-day is vanquished, heaven is won to-
day.

5 Thou, of life the Author, death didst un-
dergo,

Tread the path of darkness, saving strength to show;

Come then, true and faithful, now fulfill Thy word;

"T is Thine own third morning, rise O buried Lord!

"Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say.

6 Loose the souls long prisoned, bound with
Satan's chain

All that now is fallen raise to life again;
Shew Thy face in brightness, bid the nations

see:

Brightness of the morning, sky and fields Bring again our daylight; day returns with

Thee!

[day!

Hell to-day is vanquished, heaven is won to [This may be sung to the tunes on opposite page by omitting fifth line of each stanza, using first and second line of age first stanza as a chorus.

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a cloud of light Has re-ceived Him from our sight; High in heaven where

Rise, glorious Conqueror, rise In to Thy na- tive skies; Assume Thy right; And where in

fold The clouds are backward rolled, Pass through those gates of gold, And reign in light.