Bid the sad earth to join your song,

“To Christ does victory belong!”

Oh, let the winds your message bear

To every heart of grief and care:

Sound through the world the joyful lay,

“Our Christ has conquered Death to-day.”

On cloudy wings let glad words fly

Through the soft blue of echoing sky:

Ring out,—O trumpets, sweet and clear,

“Through Death, immortal Life is here!”