1Now the green blade rises from the buried grain,What that in dark earth many days has lain;Love lives again, that with the dead has been;Love is come again like wheat arising green. 2In the grave they laid Him, love by hatred slain,Thinking that He would never wake again,Laid in the earth like grain that sleeps […]
1Hail the day that sees Him rise, Alleluia!Glorious to His native skies; Alleluia!Christ, awhile to mortals giv’n, Alleluia!Enters now the highest heav’n! Alleluia! 2There the glorious triumph waits; Alleluia!Lift your heads, eternal gates! Alleluia!Wide unfold the radiant scene; Alleluia!Take the King of glory in! Alleluia! 3See! He lifts His hands above; Alleluia!See! He shows the
1Jesus, your blood and righteousnessMy beauty are, my glorious dress;Mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed,With joy shall I lift up my head. 2Bold shall I stand in that great day,Cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay;For by your cross absolved I amFrom sin and guilt, from fear and shame. 3Lord, I believe your precious blood,Which
1Once our blessed Christ of beautyWas veiled off from human views;But through suffering, death, and sorrowHe has rent the veil in two. Refrain:O behold the Man of Sorrows!O behold Him in plain view!Lo! He is the mighty ConquerorSince her rent the veil in two;Lo! He is the mighty ConquerorSince her rent the veil in two.
1The wonders of redeeming loveOur highest thoughts exceed;The Son of God comes from aboveFor sinful man to bleed. 2He gives Himself, His life, His all,A sinless sacrifice.For man He drains the cup of gall,For man the victim dies. 3And now before His Father’s faceHis precious blood He pleads;For those who seek the throne of graceHis
1O listen to our wondrous story,Counted once among the lost;Yet One came down from heaven’s glory,Saving us at awful cost! RefrainWho saved us from eternal loss?Who but God’s Son upon the cross?What did He do? He died for you!Where is He now? Believe it thou,In heaven interceding! In heaven interceding! 2No angel could His place
1Does Jesus care when my heart is painedToo deeply for mirth and song;As the burdens press, and the cares distress,And the way grows weary and long? RefrainO yes, He cares- I know He cares!His heart is touched with my grief;When the days are weary,The long nights dreary,I know my Savior cares. (He cares.) 2Does Jesus
1Christ is alive!Let Christians sing.His cross stands empty to the sky.Let streets and homes with praises ring.His love in death shall never die. 2Christ is alive!No longer boundTo distant years in Palestine,He comes to claim the here and nowAnd conquer every place and time. 3In every insult,rift, and warWhere color, scorn or wealth divide,He suffers
1I Will sing of Jesus love,Sing of Him,who first loved me;for He left bright worlds above,And died on Calvary. RefrainI will sing of Jesus loveEndless praise my heart shall give;He has died that I might liveI will sing His love to me. 2O the depths of love divine!Earth or heaven can never knowHow that sin
1I hear the Savior say,“Thy strength indeed is small;Child of weakness, watch and pray,Find in Me thine all in all.” RefrainJesus paid it all,All to Him I owe;Sin had left a crimson stain,He washed it white as snow. 2Lord, now indeed I findThy power and Thine alone,Can change the leper’s spotsAnd melt the heart of
