RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION

     

 originally written as an Easter Cantata in 1964 by J. T. Adams of Texas

adapted as a commercial "Passion Play" for tourists on the Outer Banks of NC

fiirst played in North Carolina on May 14, 1988

Posted on Internet 5-14-2011

    ACT 2 continued

  In Scenes 14 thru 17 Jesus has been crucified and is apparently dead -- only John and Mother Mary remain at his cross.

 

         

Song: The Garden Where He Prayed

     "The garden where he prayed was just a garden

      Until the Son of God knelt down to pray

      But now we know 'twas here He paid sin's pardon ---

      The fate of man was changed this day.

 

      The hill of Calvary is just a mountain.

      But now the Son of God lies bruised and slain.

      But from His pierced side there flows a fountain

      That cleanses every crimson stain.

 

       The cross was just a cross until He bore it

       Alone to bear its agony and pain.

       A man is just a man until this blessed Savior

       Comes to take away his guilt and shame.

 

       Oh, won't you take Him now as your Lord and Savior

       That our Lord might not have died in vain?

                All songs copyright J. T. Adams

 

    ACT 2 continued

  Scene 18 --- Jesus is buried in the tomb.

Scene 19 --- The stone is rolled away, and Jesus is resurrected.

Scene 20 --- Jesus ascends into heaven.

 

 

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