Church Book ‎#192a

192a. Christ the Lord is risen to-day

1 Christ the Lord is risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say.
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.

2 Love's redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo! the 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 hath opened Paradise.

4 Lives again our glorious King;
Where, O Death, is now Thy sting?
Dying once, He all doth save;
Where thy victory, O Grave?

5 Soar we now where Christ has led,
Following our exalted Head:
Made like Him, like Him we rise;
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies!

6 Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to Thee by both be given:
Thee we greet triumphant now;
Hail, the Resurrection Thou!

* After each verse, "Hallelujah" may be sung.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ the Lord is risen to-day
• Author: C. Wesley (1739)
• Meter: 7s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Easter; Easter Sunday
• Notes: Alternate tune: #18 or #303

Tune Information

• Name: CHRISTUS IST ERSTANDEN
• Meter: 7s.
• Key: d minor
• Notes: From index: 12th cent.?, M. Weiss, 1531