1 "Christ the Lord is ris'n today!"
All on earth with angels say;
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, ye heav'ns; and earth, reply.
2 Love's redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo! Our sun's eclipse is o'er.
Lo! He sets in blood no more.
3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell.
Death in vain forbids his rise;
Christ has opened paradise.
4 Lives again our glorious king!
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Once he died our souls to save;
Where thy victory, O grave?
5 Hail the Lord of earth and heav'n!
Praise to thee by both be giv'n.
Thee we greet triumphant now;
Hail, the resurrection, thou!
6 King of glory, soul of bliss,
Everlasting life is this:
Thee to know, thy pow'r to prove,
Thus to sing, and thus to love!
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First Line: | "Christ the Lord is ris'n today!" |
Title: | Christ the Lord is Risen Today |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-88 (alt.) |
Meter: | 77 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1982 |
Topic: | Easter |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS |
Meter: | 77 77 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | French, 13th cent. |
Copyright: | Arrangement: Copyright 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. |