MHB 212 – WELCOME, happy morning! Age to age shall say

Methodist-Hymns-212

1:  WELCOME, happy morning! Age to age shall say:
Hell to-day is vanquished; Heaven is won to-day!
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 with joy confesses, clothing her for spring,
All good gifts returned with her returning King;
Bloom in every meadow, leaves on every bough,
Speak His sorrows ended, hail His triumph now.

3:  Thou, of life the Author, death didst undergo,
Tread the path of darkness, saving strength to show;
Come, then, True and Faithful, now fulfill Thy Word;
’Tis  Thine own third morning: Rise, O buried Lord!

4:  Loose the souls long prisoned, bound with Satan’s chain;
All that now is fallen raise to life again;
Show Thy face in brightness, bid the nations see;
Bring again our daylight; day returns with Thee.