The Hymnal ‎#234

234. Christ the Lord is risen today

1 "Christ the Lord is risen today,"
Sons of men and angels say:
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply.

2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell:
Death in vain forbids his rise;
Christ has opened Paradise.

3 Lives again our glorious King:
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Once He died, our souls to save:
Where thy victory, O grave?

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

5 Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to Thee by both be given:
Thee we greet triumphant now;
Hail, the Resurrection Thou!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ the Lord is risen today
• Author: Rev. Charles Wesley (1739, v. 3 line 3, alt.)
• Publication Date: 1895
• Notes: Public Domain.

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