Shine On, Most Glorious Light

Shine On, Most Glorious Light 

by Kenyon West.

Shine on! Shine ever on, most glorious Light!

Reveal Thy majesty and splendor bright.

This Easter morning as of old arise!

Make glad the earth as with a glad surprise.

By magic power, as of old, change night

Into the benediction of the dawn,--

With promise to us of the darkness gone!

Shine on! Shine ever on, most glorious Light!

This Easter morn arise! arise!

Give saner vision to our sin-dimmed eyes;

To hearts that wait and watch for Thee, come near!

Thy miracle of wondrous love make clear.

Make cold hearts glow; make weak hearts strong.

Dispel our grim despairs, our sense of wrong.

From doubt's stern thraldom grant us Lord, release!

Give freedom, faith and Thy surpassing peace!

Thus only can we hope to live:--

Health, healing, blessing, --give! oh give!

Song "God's Glorious Light" - Michael O'Brien and Thomas Miller

How to craft paper doily butterflies

      These little butterflies are easy to craft. All you will need are a few pom-poms, wiggly eyes and paper doilies. I hand-colored my doilies for the blue butterfly and left another set white for the second version of this craft.

      You will need to accordion fold two paper dollies and glue four pom-poms on top of each other and let these dry over night before assembling the butterfly. Use a very tacky white glue for this project and it will prove far less frustrating to complete. You could use a hot glue if you'd like, but this glue is not safe for little ones to handle.

Vintage Velveteen Book End Paper

These bunnies are perfect for an Easter greeting card or two.

Description of Printable Paper: restored bookend paper, from an old copy of "The Velveteen Rabbit" for your personal crafts only, field of drawn rabbits, colors: peach, blue and lime green, very vintage, Read Terms of Use folks

Lenten Thoughts by Elisabeth R. Scovil

Red, pink, burgundy colored carnations
inside of a ivy woven Easter basket.

Lenten Thoughts 

"Come apart and rest awhile."
'Tis thy Saviour's call to thee.
" From thy pleasures and thy cares
Turn aside awhile with Me."

And the Church, His Bride on earth,
Echoes still His voice to-day,
In this holy Lenten tide,
"Turn aside," she says, "and pray."

Thou did' St keep the Christmas Feast
With a glad and willing heart.
Joining in the angels' song;
In the Fast now bear thy part.

Friends and neighbors round thee press.
Thronging duties claim thy care;
Little time to thee seems left
To be spent in quiet prayer. 

Our Lord trod this busy earth,

Lived its life of toil and haste;

Knows how much thou hast to do;

Would He bid thee time to waste?

Yet He says, " Come rest awhile."

From the outward, look within,

Learn to know thyself, and find

How to conquer secret sin.

In the desert, with thy Lord,

Tell Him all thy troubles sore,

Weariness, and pain, and grief,

He has borne them too - and more.

He will pity, help, and heal,

Aid thee in the mortal strife;

Send thee back with strength renewed

For the warfare of thy life.

When His Easter morning dawns,

Having kept the fast with Him,

Joyful to His holy feast

He will bid thee enter in.

Color a Vintage Easter Basket

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Description of Coloring Page: basket, bows and Easter eggs stacked inside

• Color another Easter basket full of eggs
• Make easy green and yellow paper plate Easter basket!
• Hey, here is an easy tiny basket for an egg tree too...
• Color the Easter bunnies; now don't be late!
  

Don't forget to drag the png. or jpg into a Word Document and enlarge the image as much as possible before printing it folks. If you have a question about this coloring page, just type into the comment box located directly below this post and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.

Color a vintage bunny, chicks, eggs and wheelbarrow

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Description of Coloring Page: a cracked egg shell makes a wheelbarrow, chicks as passengers, rabbit pushing the wheelbarrow

• Easter bunny wheelbarrow and car clip art . . .
• Giant Easter Egg coloring pages of egg hunt and egg painting
• Color "R" is for Rabbit
• The egg painters work the whole day through, just to bring a cheerful Easter to you...
  

Don't forget to drag the png. or jpg into a Word Document and enlarge the image as much as possible before printing it folks. If you have a question about this coloring page, just type into the comment box located directly below this post and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.