LENT AND EASTER.
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Alleluia! Alleluia!
Blessed all the faithful throng,
Strong in Him to fight and conquer
Pressing still His way along.
Blessed all the faithful throng,
Strong in Him to fight and conquer
Pressing still His way along.
Lift the Cross to-day in triumph,
Lift His wondrous symbol high;
Standard that hath led its legions
On to holy victory!
Alleluia! Alleluia !
Once of death and shame the sign,
Now of glory never equalled
See the Cross of Jesus shine!
Lift His wondrous symbol high;
Standard that hath led its legions
On to holy victory!
Alleluia! Alleluia !
Once of death and shame the sign,
Now of glory never equalled
See the Cross of Jesus shine!
Backward, forward, o'er the ages,
How its rays unearthly stream!
From eternity its splendors
To eternity shall gleam!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Lift the matchless symbol high
With the Resurrection's glory
Kindling earth and sea and sky!
How its rays unearthly stream!
From eternity its splendors
To eternity shall gleam!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Lift the matchless symbol high
With the Resurrection's glory
Kindling earth and sea and sky!
II.
With flowers we crown His altar fair,
For Christ's own morning breaks,
And earth of Easter-tide aware
To song and bloom awakes.
For Christ's own morning breaks,
And earth of Easter-tide aware
To song and bloom awakes.
