1 Welcome, happy morning!
age to age shall say;
hell today is vanquished,
heaven is won today.
Lo! the Dead is living,
God forevermore!
Him, their true Creator,
all his works adore.
2 Maker and Redeemer,
life and health of all,
thou, from heaven beholding
human nature's fall,
of the Father's Godhead
true and only Son,
manhood to deliver,
manhood didst put on.
3 Thou, of life the author,
death didst undergo,
tread the path of darkness,
saving strength to show;
come then, True and Faithful,
now fulfil thy word,
'tis thine own third morning;
rise, O buried Lord.
4 Loose the souls long prisoned,
bound with Satan's chain;
thine that now are fallen
raise to life again;
show thy face in brightness,
bid the nations see;
bring again our daylight;
day returns with thee.
