Morning breaks upon the tomb

Morning breaks upon the tomb. William Bengo Collyer* (1782-1854). First published in Collyer’s Hymns partly collected and partly original (1812), with the title ‘Jesus Rising . An Easter Hymn’, and signed ‘W.B.C.’ Morning breaks upon the tomb, Jesus dissipates its gloom! Day of triumph through the skies - See the glorious Saviour rise! Christians dry your flowing tears, Chase those unbelieving fears; Look on his deserted grave, Doubt no more his power to save. Ye who are of death afraid, Triumph in the scattered shade; Drive your anxious cares away, See the place where Jesus lay. So the rising sun appears, Shedding radiance o’er the spheres; So returning beams of light, Chase the...