Easter – Be Ye Glad!

Below are the lyrics to the song that closed our Easter services at 9:15 and 10:45. I found a YouTube version that is by a vocal group called Glad. I heard them perform it at Lebanon Valley College in 1983 or 1984. Its been a song that lingers in the back of my mind since then, working its way to the forefront at the most God-filled times. Happy Easter!

Be Ye Glad

In these days of confused situations
In these nights of a restless remorse
When the heart and the soul of a nation
Lay wounded and cold as a corpse
From the grave of the innocent Adam
Comes a song bringing joy to the sad
Oh, your cry has been heard
And the ransom has been paid up in full
Be ye glad

Oh, be ye glad, oh, be ye glad,
Every debt that you ever had
Has been paid up in full
By the grace of the Lord
Be ye glad, be ye glad,
Be ye glad.

Now from your dungeon a rumor is stirring
And you have heard it again and again
Ah, but this time the cell keys are turning
An outside there are faces of friends
And though your body lay weary from wasting
And your eyes show the sorrow they’ve had
Oh, the love that your heart is now tasting
Has opened the gates, be ye glad

So be like lights on the rim of the water
Giving hope in a storm sea of night
Be a refuge amidst the slaughter
Of these fugitives in their flight
For you are timeless and part of a puzzle
You are winsome and young as a lad
And there is no disease or no struggle
That can pull you from God
Be ye glad

Oh, be ye glad, oh, be ye glad
Every debt that you ever had
Has been paid up in full
By the grace of the Lord
Be ye glad, be ye glad
Be ye glad.

(Words & Music © 1980, Michael Kelly Blanchard)