'Twas the night after Easter,
and locked in a room,
The disciples sat wondering
there in the gloom.
The women had told them
that Christ had arisen;
But that went against
all sense and all reason.
If Christ were alive
and was seen by the women
Why had he not first
shown himself to the men?
They sat and awaited
a knock at the door.
If he came, would they know him?
Would he look like before?
And suppose it were soldiers
who knocked at the door?
Not knowing the answers,
they stared at the floor.
But they needn't have wondered
how they would tell,
If at the door
came a knock and a yell.
For no knock ever came,
and no footsteps were heard;
Jesus came to the room
without speaking a word.
Then what to their wondering eyes
did appear?
It made them all speechless,
and filled them with fear!
"Peace be with you,"
he said with a smile,
Then said it once more
for it took them awhile
To regain their senses
and let it sink in
That Christ was alive
and here with them again!
The reason he came
was not just to please them;
But to give them his power,
from fear to release them.
So he wasted no time
as he stood there aglow,
But gave them a mission,
and told them to go.
Then he breathed out his breath
and his Spirit upon them,
And quick as he came,
he suddenly left them.
Their souls, which were weary,
were now filled with mirth,
And they had a new message
to tell all the earth.
