Easter people, raise your voices,
sounds of heaven in earth should ring.
Christ has brought us heaven’s choices;
heavenly music, let it ring.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter people, let us sing.
Fear of death can no more stop us
from our pressing here below.
For our Lord empowered us to
triumph over every foe.
Alleluia! Alleluia! On to victory now we go.
Every day to us is Easter,
with its resurrection song.
When in trouble move the faster
To our God who rights the wrong.
Alleluia! Alleluia! See the power of heavenly throngs.
Easter people, raise your voices,
sounds of heaven in earth should ring.
Christ has brought us heaven’s choices;
heavenly music let it ring.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter people, let us sing!
(Sung to the tune of “Praise my soul the King of heaven” at The Cathedral Church of St. George the Martyr, Jerusalem, Easter Sunday 2008)
That We All May Be One 
March 25, 2008 at 9:22 pm |
What a wonderful hymn text! Who wrote it?
March 26, 2008 at 7:49 am |
Not sure. The text was printed in a bulletin insert, and unascribed. Sorry.
March 31, 2008 at 9:37 pm |
Written by William M. James, published in United Methodist Hymnal (to tune Regent Square) and Songs of Zion, Abingdon Press (also Regent Square tune).
April 23, 2011 at 7:39 pm |
I enjoyed the poem and the twenty-one smile quotations.
Here is another one to share.
Smiles go a long way; remember, there is a mile between the two eses.
January 18, 2013 at 8:03 pm |
The Rev. William “Bill” James died today (Jan 18, 2013) at 100 years of age.
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