The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#431

431. 'Christ, the Lord, is risen today!'

1 'Christ the Lord is risen today!'
all creation join to say:
raise your joys and triumphs high;
sing, you heavens, and earth reply:
love's redeeming work is done!
Fought the fight, the battle won:
see, our sun's eclipse has passed
see, the light returns at last!

2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal:
Christ has burst the gates of hell;
death in vain forbids Him rise —
Christ has opened Paradise;
lives again our glorious King;
where, O Death, is now your sting?
Once He died, our souls to save;
where's your victory, boasting 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:
hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to You by both be given;
every knee to You shall bow,
risen Christ, triumphant now!

Text Information

• First Line: 'Christ, the Lord, is risen today!'
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Source: Adapt: Compilers of Praise!, 2000

Tune Information

• Name: ST GEORGE'S WINDSOR
• Composer: George Job Elvey, 1816-1893
• Meter: 77 77 D
• Key: G Major