Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#118

118. Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say

1 Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say:
Hell to-day is vanquished; heaven is won to-day!
Lo! the Dead is living, God for evermore!
Him, their true Creator, all His works adore.
Hell to-day is vanquished; heaven is won to-day!

2 Maker and Redeemer, Life and Health of all,
Thou from heaven beholding human nature's fall,
Thou of God the Father, true and only Son,
Mankind to deliver, manhood didst put on.
Hell to-day is vanquished; heaven is won to-day!

3 Thou, of life the Author, death didst undergo,
Tread the path of darkness, saving strength to show;
Come then, True and Faithful, now fulfill Thy word;
'Tis Thine own third morning: rise, O buried Lord!
Hell to-day is vanquished; heaven is won to-day!

4 Loose the souls long prisoned, bound with Satan's chain:
All that now is fallen raise to life again;
Show Thy face in brightness, bid the nations see;
Bring again our daylight: day returns with Thee!
Hell to-day is vanquished; heaven is won to-day!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say
• Author: Fortunatus (VI Century)
• Translator: John Ellerton (1868. a)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church Year: Easter

Tune Information

• Name: FORTUNATUS
• Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan (1872)
• Meter: 11, 11, 11, 11, 11
• Key: A♭ Major