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Then a sudden flush of gladness
O'er her grief-worn features spread;
When she knew the voice of Jesus
All her bitter anguish fled.
O'er her grief-worn features spread;
When she knew the voice of Jesus
All her bitter anguish fled.
Forth she reached hands in rapture.
Touch me not, the Saviour said;
Take the message to my brethren,
I have risen from the dead.
Touch me not, the Saviour said;
Take the message to my brethren,
I have risen from the dead.
Take them words of joy and comfort,
Which will all their mourning end;
To their Father and my Father,
Tell them that I will ascend.
Which will all their mourning end;
To their Father and my Father,
Tell them that I will ascend.
"Brethren, I have seen the Master:
He is risen from the dead."
But like words of idle meaning
Seemed the glorious words she said.
He is risen from the dead."
But like words of idle meaning
Seemed the glorious words she said.
Soon they saw the revelation
Which would bid their mourning cease;
Christ, the risen, stood before them
Breathing words of love and peace.
Which would bid their mourning cease;
Christ, the risen, stood before them
Breathing words of love and peace.
Timid men were changed to heroes,
Weakness turned to wondrous might,
And the cross became their standard,
Luminous with love and light.
Weakness turned to wondrous might,
And the cross became their standard,
Luminous with love and light.
