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2 In the dreadful desert, where the Lord was tried,
There the faithful Angels gathered at His side:

And when in the garden, grief and pain and care

Bowed Him down with anguish, they were with Him there.-Cho.

3 Yet the Christ they honor is the same Christ still,
Who, in light and darkness, did His Father's will:
And the tomb deserted shineth like the sky,
Since He passed out from it into victory.-Cho.

4 God has still His Angels, helping, at His word,
All his faithful children, like their faithful Lord;
Soothing them in sorrow, arming them in strife,
Opening wide the tomb-doors, leading into life.—Cho.

5 Father, send Thine Angels unto us, we pray;
Leave us not to wander, all along our way:

Let them guard and guide us, wheresoe'er we be,

Till our resurrection brings us home to Thee.-Cho. Amen.

PHILLIPS BROOKS

192 ST. OSWALD 85 & 75.

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JOHN B. DYKES

(J=84) Hark! ten thou-sand voic-es sound-ing, Far and wide thro'- out the sky;

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'Tis the voice of joy a-bound-ing, Jesus lives no more to die. Amen.

2 Jesus lives, His conflict over,
Lives to claim His great reward;
Angels round the Victor hover,
Crowding to behold their Lord.

3 Yonder throne for Him erected
Now becomes the Victor's seat;
Lo, the Man on earth rejected,
Angels worship at His feet!

4 All the powers of heav'n adore Him,
All obey His sovereign word;

Day and night they cry before Him,
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!" Amen.

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THOMAS KELLY

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4 He is risen, He is risen;

He hath opened heaven's gate:
We are free from sin's dark prison,
Risen to a holier state;

And a brighter Easter beam

On our longing eyes shall stream. Amen.

CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER

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