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" .... Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said.
Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead ...... "
~ Matthew 28:5-7

Rise Again

Go ahead, drive the nails in My hands
Laugh at Me where you stand.
Go ahead and say it isn't Me,
The day will come when you will see.

Chorus ....
But I'll rise again.
Ain't no power on earth can tie Me down.
Yes, I'll rise again.
Death can't keep Me in the ground.

Go ahead and mock My Name,
My love for you is still the same.
Go ahead and bury Me,
But very soon I will be free.

Go ahead and say I'm dead and gone,
You will see that you were wrong.
Go ahead, try to hide The Son,
But all will see that I'm The One.

~ lyrics and music by Dallas Holmes

He's Alive

The gates and doors were barred and all the windows fastened down.
I spent the night in sleeplessness and rose at every sound,
Half in hopeless sorrow and half in fear the day
Would find the soldiers breaking through to drag us all away.

And just before the sunrise, I heard something at the wall.
The gate began to rattle, and a voice began to call.
I hurried to the window and looked down into the street
Expecting swords and torches and the sound of soldiers feet.

There was no one there but Mary, so I went down to let her in.
John stood there beside me as she told us where she'd been.
She said they've moved Him in the night and none of us knows where.
The stone's been rolled away and now His body isn't there.

We both ran t'ward the garden, and then John ran on ahead.
We found the stone and the empty tomb just the way that Mary said.
But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in was just an empty shell,
And how or where they'd taken Him was more than I could tell.

Something strange had happened there; just what I didn't know.
John believed a miracle, but I just turned to go.
Circumstance and speculation didn't lift me very high
'Cause I'd seen them crucify Him, and then I saw Him die.

Back inside the house again, the guilt and anguish came.
Everything I'd promised Him just added to my shame.
When at last it came to choices, I denied I knew His Name,
And, even if He was alive, it wouldn't be the same.

Suddenly, the air was filled with a strange and sweet perfume.
Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from the room.
Jesus stood before me with His arms held open wide,
And I fell down on my knees, and I just clung to Him and cried.

He raised me to my feet, and as I looked into His eyes
Love was shining out from them like sunlight from the skies.
Guilt and my confusion disappeared in sweet release,
And every fear I'd ever had just melted into peace.

He's alive,
He's alive,
He's alive, and I'm forgiven.
Heaven's Gates are opened wide.

He's alive,
He's alive,
He's alive...............
He's alive !!!

~ lyrics and music by Don Francisco

"He's Alive" has been particularly meaningful to me since I heard it for the first time when Don Francisco sang it
and accompanied himself. This was many years ago when I had gone to a Bill Gaither concert in Nashville, Tennessee,
and the writer/composer came on as a surprise guest. I went right out and bought a Don Francisco album
(the days of LPs) which included this song.

I tried for a long time to find a midi of the song to use on this page. I have never been successful.
I did finally find a wav of the music, with Dolly Parton singing; it is beautiful, and I did so want to use it.
My efforts were not successful, and I reluctantly removed it.

Calvary and Easter

A song of sunshine through the rain,
Of Spring across the snow;
A balm to heal the hurts of pain,
A peace surpassing woe.
Lift up your heads, ye sorrowing ones,
And be ye glad of heart,
For Calvary and Easter Day
Were just three days apart !

With shudder of despair and loss
The world's deep heart is wrung,
As, lifted high upon His cross,
The Lord of Glory hung ~
When rocks were rent, and ghostly forms
Stole forth in street and mart;
But Calvary and Easter Day,
Earth's blackest day, and whitest day,
Were just three days apart.

~ author unknown

If Easter Be Not True

If Easter be not true,
Then all the lilies low must lie;
The Flanders poppies fade and die;
The Spring must lose her fairest bloom
For Christ were still within the tomb ~
If Easter be not true.

If Easter be not true,
Then faith must mount on broken wing;
Then hope no more immortal spring;
The hope must lose her mighty urge;
Life prove a phantom, death a dirge ~
If Easter be not true.

If Easter be not true,
'Twere foolishness the cross to bear;
He died in vain Who suffered there;
What matter though we laugh or cry,
Be good or evil, live or die,
If Easter be not true?

If Easter be not true ~
But it is true, and Christ is risen !
And mortal spirit from its prison
Of sin and death with Him may rise !
Worthwhile the struggle, sure the prize,
Since Easter, aye, is true !

~ Henry H. Barstow

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