Verse 1
All ye that seek the Lord who died,
Your God for sinners crucified,
Prevent the earliest dawn, and come
To worship at his sacred tomb.

Verse 2
Bring the sweet spices of your sighs,
Your contrite hearts, and streaming eyes,
Your sad complaints, and humble fears;
Come, and embalm him with your tears.

Verse 3
While thus ye love your souls t’ employ,
Your sorrow shall be turn’d to joy:
Now, now let all your grief be o’er!
Believe; and ye shall weep no more.

Verse 4
An earthquake hath the cavern shook,
And burst the door, and rent the rock,
The Lord hath sent his angel down,
And he hath roll’d away the stone.

Verse 5
As snow[1] behold his garment white,
His countenance as lightning bright:
He sits, and waves a flaming sword,
And waits upon his rising Lord.

Verse 6
The third auspicious morn is come,
And calls your Saviour from the tomb,
The bands of death are torn away,
The yawning tomb gives back its prey.

Verse 7
Could neither seal nor stone secure,
Nor men, nor devils make it sure?
The seal is broke, the stone cast by,
And all the pow’rs of darkness fly.

Verse 8
The body breaths, and lifts his head,
The keepers sink, and fall as dead;
The dead restor’d to life appear,
The living quake, and die for fear.

Verse 9
No power a band of soldiers have
To keep one body in its grave:
Surely it no dead body was
That could the Roman eagles chase.

Verse 10
The Lord of life is ris’n indeed,
To death deliver’d in your stead;
His rise proclaims your sins forgiven,
And shews the living way to heaven.

Verse 11
Haste then, ye souls that first believe,
Who dare the gospel-word receive,
Your faith with joyful hearts confess,
Be bold, be Jesus’ witnesses.

Verse 12
Go tell the followers of your Lord
Their Jesus is to life restor’d;
He lives, that they his life may find;
He lives, to quicken all mankind.

[1] Wesley changed “As snow” to “We now” in 1787.