Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . tfiaim. EASTER LILIES. Easter lilies pure and sweet On His altar stairs we lay,Emblems holy, emblems meet, Of the risen Life to-day. Easter lilies, swing your bells,He is risen! let the notes In a thousand fragrant swells Burst from out your waxen throats Easter lilies, while each cupPours its incense on the air, We will kneel and offer up All our hearts to Him in prayer. Easter lilies, teach us this, Sweet evangels of the dust— Let our hands reach unto HisWith a broader, deeper trust. Easter lilies, while thy bloom Pills the aisles and chancel dim, We will lo
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . tfiaim. EASTER LILIES. Easter lilies pure and sweet On His altar stairs we lay,Emblems holy, emblems meet, Of the risen Life to-day. Easter lilies, swing your bells,He is risen! let the notes In a thousand fragrant swells Burst from out your waxen throats Easter lilies, while each cupPours its incense on the air, We will kneel and offer up All our hearts to Him in prayer. Easter lilies, teach us this, Sweet evangels of the dust— Let our hands reach unto HisWith a broader, deeper trust. Easter lilies, while thy bloom Pills the aisles and chancel dim, We will look beyond the tombTo the risen life with Him. —Exchange EASTER STORIES. First tell an Easter story, And every word is true,Of a brown seed, safe hidden In earth all winter through;It seemed quite dead, but listen! This spring it waked indeed,And leaf and stem and blossom Come from that litle seed. Second tell an Easter story— It truly came to pass—Five eggs for weeks lay hidden Deep in a nest of might have
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