Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#82a

82a. Christ the Lord is Risen To-day

1 Christ the Lord is risen today,
Earth and heaven in chorus say.
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.

2 Love's redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er;
Lo! he sets in blood no more.

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

4 Lives again our glorious King;
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Dying once, He all doth save;
Where thy victory, O grave?

5 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!

6 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 to-day
• Title: Christ the Lord is Risen To-day
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 (1739)
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1901
• Topic: Easter
• Notes: Now Public Domain. First Tune

Tune Information

• Name: GUD, VÅR GUD, FÖRLDEN ALL
• Composer: J. F. Lagergren
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7.
• Notes: Now Public Domain.