EASTER 1978 WE STOOD NEARBY
We stood nearby the cross that day
And could hardly take it in
To a rough hewn tree
Our shepherd had been nailed
They had crucified our friend
We took him down and laid him in
A dark and borrowed tomb
We prepared his body for the grave
Amid encircling the encircling gloom
We ashamedly hid our face
As we left that awful place
And quietly staggered home
That night, we had no sleep
But still the morning came
We slowly travelled back
Toward that sullen tomb
That magnified and signified
Our everlasting gloom
As we approached the cave that day
We could hardly believe our eyes
An enormous boulder had been rolled away
And an angel bid us stay
Why look ye for the living among the dead
Came his message soft and clear
Jesus, God's son, has risen and is gone
You'll no longer find him here
Two thousand years have come and gone
Since that first sun crowned morn
But the Easter message has not changed
Nor has it lost its thrill
For Jesus is alive and well
And that old tomb is empty still
(First Published on March 26, 1978,
with revisions made on April 5, 2022.)
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