On the Resurrection Morning Soul & Body meet again, No more sorrow, no more weeping, No more pain. Here awhile they must be parted And the Flesh its Sabbath keep, Waiting, in a holy stillness Fast asleep. * * * * O the beauty! O the gladness Of that Resurrection Day, Which shall never, thro' long ages, Pass away. On that happy Easter morning All the graves their dead restore, Father, sister, child & Mother Meet once more. S. Baring Gould. It is strange, therefore, that no one has even an indistinct notion as to who wrote this famous hymn. Its author is, and long has been, unknown; and, equally strange, there is almost the same to be said of the composer of its famous tune. For the tune is as great a favourite as the words, and, in fact, whilst the words do occasionally alter, as stated, the tune is ever the same one we know so well. The honour of being its composer has by some been ascribed to Henry Carey, but there are no certain grounds for the assumption, fine musician though he was. So completely has this tune associated itself, however, with the hymn that few people are aware that some collections of hymns have alternative tunes to the great song of praise for Easter Day. But even Monk's tune to it in "Hymns Ancient and Modern," takes quite an inferior place; it is seldom, or never, used. [Illustration: (_Photo: Elliott and Fry, Baker Street, W._) DR. E. H. TURPIN.] Possibly the immense popularity of "Jesus Christ is risen to-day" depends on two things. Firstly, the words are extremely simple--a little child can understand them; secondly, the tune is one of the very best "congregational" ones of any collection. Were I asked to name the next favourite Easter hymn, I should certainly give the palm to one of the most beautiful hymns of the Church of Christ--a hymn which has solaced and sustained the hearts of thousands in their dark hours of grief for the loss of their loved ones, just as it has rejoiced the hearts of so many loving servants of the Master at their Easter festivals. I refer to Baring-Gould's touching hymn "On the Resurrection morning." The comfort derived from the sweet words of hope and promise in this hymn by members of the Church militant here on earth will never be known till that "Resurrection morning."