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Show Easter Joy "Fear not, for Christ has risen," were the words the angel said As the dawn broke dull and dreary on the morn as he lay dead. Death came on but life was yet as young as the babe just born, For Christ had risen and the tomb lay empty on that dark and dismal morn. But with the gloom had come the springtime, spring-time, and the blossoming of the flowers. The great brown trees in bright array, stood out like massive towers. The daffodil and daisy, the bluebell and the rose, awoke from' their long winter sleep all arrayed in their festival clothes. ; Down through the centuries has come the - ' lily to brighten the summer day, To remind us of the Saviour and the price He had to pay That we might live in a world of happiness and peace, , And that the hate and conflict in the world might cease. No soul could be so filled with love as His was through His life Yet none could have the disappointment of all the hate and strife. His was a life of service to everyone on earth And through the resurrection, He gave the world new birth. Ruth Hamilton. |