The Cyber Hymnal ‎#467

467. The Bells of Easter

1. The bells of Easter sweetly peal:
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
They chime the hope He doth reveal,
This joyful Easter day.
The Lord of Life hath gone on high;
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
Rejoice, with swelling notes they cry!
Rejoice, rejoice! they say.

Refrain
Shines the glorious heav’nly portal!
Angel songs we almost hear!
O the joy of life immortal.
When in glory we appear.
O the joy of life immortal.
When in glory we appear.

2. The shining Easter angels say:
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
Come, see the place where Jesus lay,
He’s ris’n: He is not here.
No longer held in death’s embrace;
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
Ye shall behold Him face to face,
In glory to appear. [Refrain]

3. Repeat the tidings far and wide!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
No longer Christ the crucified,
But Christ the mighty King.
For us exalted evermore;
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
While the heav’nly hosts our Lord adore,
Let all creation sing! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: The bells of Easter sweetly peal
• Title: The Bells of Easter
• Author: Burton H. Winslow (ca. 1903)
• Refrain First Line: Shines the glorious heav'nly portal!
• Language: English
• Source: Sunday-School Hymns No. 1, by Isaac H. Meredith & Grant C. Tullar (New York: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1903)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [The bells of Easter sweetly peal]
• Composer: Margaret Coote Brown (1901)
• Incipit: 53172 16551 35257
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain