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<title>BLB Hymns</title>
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<h2>WAKE, SWEETEST STRAIN</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“They went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting a guard.” Matthew 27:66</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_m_e_meredith_ih.jpg" alt="Isaac H. Meredith (1872-1962)" width="132.666666666667" height="212"></td>
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<td><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_t_u_tullar_gc.html" target="_blank">Grant Colfax Tullar</a>, <em>circa</em> 1903.
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<p><em>Music:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_e_meredith_ih.html" target="_blank">Isaac H. Meredith</a> </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_w_waksweet.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_t_o_tullar_gc.jpg" alt="Grant Colfax Tullar (1869-1950)" width="133.333333333333" height="204"></td>
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<p>Low in the grave they had buried Christ the Savior;<br>
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Dark was the night round the silent guarded tomb,<br>
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But with the dawn came a glow of heavenly splendor<br>
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Glory filled the earth dispelling gloom.</p>
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<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
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<p class="refrain">Wake, sweetest strains of music!<br>
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Telling out the story<br>
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How from death the Savior rose<br>
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To live forevermore.<br>
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Wake, sweetest strains of music!<br>
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Drive away all sadness<br>
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Let your anthems ring from shore to shore.</p>
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<p>Close to the tomb were the soldiers vigil keeping,<br>
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When from above came a form of dazzling light,<br>
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Then He arose from the grave a mighty victor<br>
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Angels welcomed Him in robes of white.</p>
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<p class="refrain">Refrain</p>
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<p>Joy to the world, let this day be filled with gladness—<br>
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Wake sweetest strains join this happy Easter song,<br>
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Peace shall abide for the grave has lost its terror<br>
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Christ is risen—let His praise prolong.</p>
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