When Easter to the dark world came
When Easter to the dark world came. William (H) Hamilton* (1886-1958).
First published in Children Praising (1937), a book for younger children edited by Hamilton, with H.E. Wiseman as music editor. It had six stanzas. It has been reprinted in some Sunday school and children’s books such as Partners in Praise (1979), and it appeared in HP and RS. In RS, Hamilton’s stanza 4 — ‘When Thomas’ heart with grief was black/ Then Jesus like a king came back’ — was altered, and a new stanza added:
When ten disciples met in fear,
then ‘Peace,’ said Jesus, ‘I am here’:
The reference to ten disciples leads naturally to the new stanza about Thomas:
When Thomas could not understand,then Jesus stretched...
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