Christian Hymns ‎#140

140. 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! 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?
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, and 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!

Text Information

• First Line: Christ the Lord is risen to-day
• Meter: 7s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1898
• Topic: TheChurch Year: Easter
• Notes: Now Public Domain. C. Wesley, 1739.

Tune Information

• Name: CHRIST IS RISEN
• Composer: M. Weiss (1531)
• Meter: 7s.
• Key: d minor
• Notes: Public Domain.