Text:Christ the Lord is risen again
Author:Rev. Michael Weisse
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:WIRTEMBURG

268a. Christ the Lord is risen again

1 Christ the Lord is risen again;
Christ hath broken every chain:
Hark, angelic voices cry,
Singing evermore on high,
Alleluia!

2 He who gave for us His life,
Who for us endured the strife,
Is our Paschal lamb to-day;
We too sing for joy, and say:
Alleluia!

3 He who bore all pain and loss
Comfortless upon the cross,
Lives in glory now on high,
Pleads for us and hears our cry,
Alleluia!

4 He who slumbered in the grave
Is exalted now to save;
Now, through Christendom it rings
That the lamb is King of kings,
Alleluia!

5 Now He bids us tell abroad
How the lost may be restored,
How the penitent forgiven,
How we too may enter heaven
Alleluia!

6 Thou our Paschal Lamb indeed,
Christ, to-day Thy people feed;
Take our sins and guilt away,
That we all may sing for aye,
Alleluia!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Christ the Lord is risen again
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
Author: Rev. Michael Weisse (1531)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Angels; Atonement: Completed; Christ: Conqueror (7 more...)
Tune Information
Name: WIRTEMBURG
Meter: 7s
Key: E Major



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