Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#145

145. Angel, roll the rock away: Hallelujah!

1 Angel, roll the rock away: Hallelujah!
Death, yield up thy mighty prey.
See, he rises from the tomb,
Glowing in immortal bloom.

2 'Tis the Saviour! angels, raise
Fame's eternal trump of praise.
Let the world's remotest bound
Hear the joy-inspiring sound.

3 Hail! victorious Jesus, hail!
On thy cloud of glory sail
In long triumph through the sky,
Up to waiting worlds on high.

4 Heav'n displays her portals wide:
Glorious hero! thro' them ride.
King of glory! mount thy throne,
Thy great Father's, and thine own.

5 Hosts of heav'n, seraphic fires!
Raptur'd, sweep your sounding lyres.
Sons of men! in humbler strain
Sing your mighty Saviour's reign.

6 Ev'ry note with wonder swell;
Sin o'erthrown, and captiv'd hell!
Where is now, O Death! thy sting?
Where thy terrors, vanquish'd King?

Text Information

• First Line: Angel, roll the rock away: Hallelujah!
• Meter: P. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Topic: Christ: Resurrection, Ascension, Intercession and Glory; Christ's Resurrection and Ascension

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