The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-04-24

The Resurrection.

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Gray streaks of dawn had shot athwart the
gloom,
While stalwart soldiers watched around the
tomb.
But suddenly there comes an awful shock,
Which opes the tomb and rends the solid rock.
mighty angel rolls away the stone,
While on his face the light of heaven shone.
The stricken guards fall PROSTATE on the earth
The scene has hushed their jibes and songs OF
mirth.
The resurrection-Jesus leaves the cave
Ger death triumphant, conqueror of the grave
The PROSTATE guards, still trembling with af-
fright,
Creep from the tomb, and take themselves to
fight.
They reach the city, and the story tell
OF what they saw, and what to them befell.
The wicked Jews persuade the guards with gold
TO tell a lie, to quash the truth they told.
They might as well have tried to quench the
sun.
And hide its light as stop the work begun.
The risen Lord to chosen saint appears
'The Lord is risen, thrills His peoples ears. s
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The wondering angels linger at the cave,
And talk of Him who come the world to save
The weeping women came at morning light,
And start to see the strange mysterious sight
The sympathetic angels kindly say,
1.-THE Lord is riSen-see the place He lay.
Go tell the loved disciples Of your Lord
That it has been according to His word"
They run and tell Christ's followers, but they
Gave little heed to what they heard them say.
But John and Peter run and reach the cave,
And find that Christ has risen from the grave.
They leave the place, awed with strange hopes
and fears,
But lingering, loving, weeping Mary hears
The Masters voice-to her divinely sweet
And cries ''Rabboni' while she clasps His feet.
The blood-staned feet she once washed with
her tears
When Jesus saved her from her guilty fears
The sad disciples met again that night
And suddenly they see glorious sight;
Their risen Master in their midst appears,
Dispels their doubts and calms their rising fears
Week after week the Savior comes and shows
The wounds inflicted by His cruel foes
Fer forty days the Resurrection Lord
Oft met His own and cheered them by His word
>Tnen from their midst they see their Lord arise
And wing His fight toward the upper skies;
And while they gaze with wondering alright
A passing cloud hid Jesus from their sight.
Two sons of light assuage their rising fears
And whisper words of comfort in their ears:
Cease from YOUR sorrow and from tears refrain.
For this same Jesus shall return again.
Ten days they wait to be endued with power,
And to them comes the Pentecostal shower.
The Spirit comes their rapture to inspire
And on them rests like cloven tongues of fire;
And thus endowed they hasten to proclaim
Salvation i'll the risen Savior's name:
1.-THE Lord is risen let the people sing,
The grave is conquered, death has lost his sting.
1.-THE new and living way is now made known
From sin and death up to his glorious throne
Then shout for joy ye sons Of earth arise!
And watt your loud hosannas to the skies
''Sing of the triumphs of your conquering Lord
Sing of His love, His mighty deeds record.
1.-THE Lord is risen! Sing the loud refrain,
That as He rose. so shall we rise again.