Glory to God ‎#245

245. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!

1 "Christ the Lord is risen today!" Alleluia!
All creation, join to say: Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, O heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

2 Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!

3 Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now your sting? Alleluia!
Jesus died, our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where your victory, O grave? Alleluia!

4 Hail the Lord of earth and heaven! Alleluia!
Praise to you by both be given, Alleluia!
Every knee to you shall bow, Alleluia!
Risen Christ, triumphant now. Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: "Christ the Lord is risen today!"
• Title: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!
• Author: Charles Wesley (1739, alt.)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8:1
  ;
  Psalm 22:29
  ;
  Psalm 150:6
  ;
  Isaiah 25:7-8
  ;
  Isaiah 44:23
  ;
  Isaiah 49:13
  ;
  Matthew 28:1-9
  ;
  Mark 16:6
  ;
  Luke 24:6
  ;
  John 20:11-18
  ;
  Acts 2:24-28
  ;
  Romans 6:9
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:4
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:54-57
• Topic: Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ: Resurrection; Christian Year: Easter

Tune Information

• Name: LLANFAIR
• Composer: Robert Williams (1817)
• Harmonizer: David Evans (1927)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Harm. © 1927 Oxford University Press

Text Information:

Originally printed as eleven four-line stanzas without alleluias, this Easter text was written during the first year following the author’s life-changing conversion experience, yet it already shows his enduring emphasis on the theme of love. This lively Welsh tune sets it well.