The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13477

13477. Who Will Roll Away The Stone?

1 "Who will roll away the stone?
We are few and are alone,"
Say the women, sad and weak;
"Who will give the help we seek?"

2 Thus in whispers low they talk,
Sighing on their early walk,
Of the work that has been done
Ere the rising of the sun.

3 Who will climb into the sky,
Bring redemption from on high?
Who will light the dreary grave,
And the dead and dying save?

4 All is done that thou wouldst do;
All is finished, soul, for you;
Life is born, and death is dead,
Day is shining, night has fled.

Text Information

• First Line: Who will roll away the stone?
• Title: Who Will Roll Away The Stone?
• Author: Thomas T. Lynch
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: The Rivulet (3rd ed, enl.) (London: Longmans, Green, Readyer & Dyer, 1868)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: ALETTA by William B. Bradbury, CANTERBURY by Orlando Gibbons, YARBROUGH by William B. Bradbury

Tune Information

• Name: ST. BEES
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1862)
• Meter: 77.77
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain