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Welcome, Happy Morning

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1. Wel-come, happy morning! age to age shall say,

JOHN BAPTISTE CALKIN

Hell to-day is

Him, their true Cre-a- tor, all His works a - dore.

Welcome, hap-py morn - ing! age to age shall say,

Hell to-day is

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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.

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.

Amen.

Tr. JOHN ELLERTON

Lift up, lift up your voices | now! || The whole wide | world re- | joices | now! || The Lord hath triumphed | glorious- | ly! || The Lord shall | reign vic- | torious- | ly!

Happy morrow, turning sorrow into peace and | mirth! || Bondage ending, love de-scending | o'er the | earth! || Seals assuring, guards securing, watch His | earthly | prison: || Seals are shattered, guards are scattered, | Christ hath | risen!

No longer must the mourners | weep, || Nor call de- | parted | Christians | dead: || For death is hallowed | into | sleep, || And every grave be- | comes a bed.

Now once more, Eden's door open stands to | mortal | eyes; |! For Christ hath | risen, and men shall | rise: || Now at last, old things past, hope and joy and peace be- j gin: || For Christ hath | won, and | man shall | win.

It is not exile, | rest on | high: || It is not | sadness, | peace from | strife: || To fall asleep is not to | die; || To dwell with | Christ is | better | life.

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The Foe Behind, the Deep Before

Where our banner leads us, we may | safely | go: || Where our Chief precedes us, | we may face the | foe. || His right arm is o'er us, He will guide us through; || Christ hath gone before us; | Christians, | follow | you!

He shall soon deliver from every | woe. || Alleluia. | if His paths ye | tread, || Pleasures as a river shall | round you | flow. || Alleluia. | when ye | see your ❘ Head.

With loins upgirt, and | staff in | hand, || And hasty | mien and | sandaled | feet, || Around the Paschal | Lamb we | stand, || And of the | Paschal | Lamb we eat.

So shall He collect us, direct us, protect us from | Egypt's | strand; || So shall He precede us, and feed us, and lead | us to | Canaan's | land. || Toils and foes assailing, friends quailing, hearts failing shall | threat in | vain; || If He be providing, presiding and guid- | ing to | Him a- | gain.

* Christ, our Leader, Monarch, Pleader, Interceder, praise we | and a- | dore, || Exultation, veneration, gratulation | bringing | ever- | more.