An Easter Meditation

Jesus

Thou from death hast ris­en

Stone and seal re­tain Thee not!

Thou hast burst Thy gloomy pri­son

Full re­demp­tion Thou hast wrought!

Open and un­seal my heart

Enter in

and ne’er de­part.

Burst the rock of doubt asun­der

That no earth­ly strength can move!

When this all-trans­cend­ent won­der

Reason fail­eth to ap­prove

Grant me grace

O ris­en Lord

To be­lieve Thy ho­ly Word!

Let not un­belief be­set me

That

like Tho­mas

I should doubt!

Let no earth­ly tri­als fret me

Cast all fear and sor­row out!

In all need

while here I plod

O re­main my Lord and God!

Death and hell by Thee are con­quered!

Let me share Thy vic­to­ry!

And as Thou hast bat­tled on­ward

Savior

draw me un­to Thee

That

re­leased from Sa­tan’s might

I may view my God in light!