Rejoice in the Lord ‎#325

325. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

1 "Christ the Lord is ris'n today,"
all creation joins to say;
raise your joys and triumphs high;
sing ye heav'ns, and earth, reply: Alleluia!

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! Alleluia!

3 Lives again our glorious King;
where, O death, is now thy sting?
Dying once, he all doth save;
where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

4 Soar we now where Christ has led,
foll'wing our exalted Head;
made like him, like him we rise;
ours the cross, the grave, the skies! Alleluia!

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

6 King of glory, soul of bliss
everlasting life is this:
thee to know, thy power to prove,
thus to sing, and thus to love! Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: Christ the Lord is ris'n today
• Title: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
• Author: Charles Wesley (1739)
• Meter: 77.77 with alleluia
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  Hosea 13:14
  ;
  Matthew 27:66
  ;
  John 11:25
  ;
  1 Corinthians 6:14
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:55

Tune Information

• Name: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
• Harmonizer: R. Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 77.77 with alleluia
• Key: F Major
• Source: Early 13th century
• Copyright: Harmonization from the English Hymnal; used by permission of Oxford University Press