The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10906

10906. God Is Gone Up With Joyful Sound

1 God is gone up with joyful sound
Of saints that sing on high;
His own right hand and holy arm
Have brought the victory nigh!

2 Now empty are the courts of Death
And crushed thy sting, Despair;
And roses bloom in desert tomb
For Jesus hath been there!

3 And He hath tamed the strength of Hell,
And dragged him through the sky,
Captive behind His chariot wheel,
That man no more may die.

Text Information

• First Line: God is gone up with joyful sound
• Title: God Is Gone Up With Joyful Sound
• Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year (London: J. Murray, 1827)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ABERDEEN
• Composer (attributed to): Andrew Tait
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major
• Source: James Chalmers' untitled collecttion, 1749; Melody from Rudiments of Music, by Robert Bremner, 1756
• Copyright: Public Domain