The Church Hymnal ‎#113

113. Christ the Lord is risen today

1 Christ the Lord is risen today,
Songs of men and 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 victory won:
Jesus' agony is o'er,
Darkness veils the earth no more.

3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,
Christ hath burst the gates of hell;
Death in vain forbids Him rise,
Christ hath opened Paradise.

4 Soar we now where Christ hath led,
Following our exalted Head;
Made like Him, like Him we rise;
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ the Lord is risen today
• Author: C. Wesley
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Topic: Lent: Eastertide

Tune Information

• Name: CLARION
• Composer: E. F. Rimbault
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Key: C Major