Resurrection Sunday: All Hail The Morn!

 

"Why do you seek the living among the dead?
He is not here.  He has risen."
Luke 24:5-6

The Three Marys

(1910)

Henry Ossawa Tanner

(1859-1937)

American Realism painter

All hail the morn! when from the skies,

At first gray light of day,

And angel found the sepulcher,

And rolled the stone away.

All hail the morn! when Christ arose

Triumphant from the tomb;

And shed a fragrance o'er the grave,

And scattered all its gloom.

All hail the morn! when to the tomb,

The women came with fear;

And heard the angels gladly say,

"He's risen, He's not here."

All hail the morn! no longer fear,

For now can all men sing,

O grave, where is thy victory?

O death, where is thy sting?

"All Hail The Morn!"
William F. Dickerson
(1844-1884)
Born in Woodbury, New Jersey
Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Columbia, South Carolina
and hymn writer