All the Sacrifice Is Ended

All the sac­ri­fice is end­ed

Breathed His bo­dy’s lat­est breath

And His hu­man soul hath wend­ed

Where the wea­ry rest be­neath;

Christ as man hath com­pre­hend­ed

All the hu­man law of death!

Yet not there His soul re­main­eth

Nor His bo­dy in the tomb:

Lo! what sud­den glo­ry gain­eth

Quick do­minion o’er the gloom!

Yea

o’er death and hell He reign­eth

Bursting back the gates of doom!

Manifold the at­test­ation:

Brethren tell the mar­vel o’er

And the sol­diers from their sta­tion

And the an­gels at the door

And His own Word’s re­ve­la­tion

Lo! I live for ev­er­more.

Hail

thou morn of re­sur­rect­ion

Primal ho­ly East­er Day!

Now the hours of deep de­ject­ion

’Neath the night-clouds’ dark ar­ray

Foes’ re­vil­ing

friends’ de­fect­ion

In thy glo­ry pass away!

Now He lives and reigns for ev­er!

That we too may en­ter in

Where eter­nal life shall nev­er

Taste of sor­row or of sin

Where from Him no death shall sev­er

Those He van­quished death to win.

Savior! in our night of weep­ing

Tell us of the joy­ful morn

Guard our souls

their vi­gil keep­ing

In the hours of hate and scorn:

Raise us fall­ing

wake us sleep­ing

Till our East­er Day be born.