The Book of Praise ‎#247

247. 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, ye heavens, and earth, reply.
Love’s redeeming work is done,
fought the fight, the battle won:
lo! our sun's eclipse is o'er;
lo, he sets in blood no more.

2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell.
Death in vain forbids him rise;
Christ hath opened paradise.
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 hath 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 thee by both be given;
every knee to thee shall bow,
risen Christ triumphant now.

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CHINESE (MANDARIN) -
Jī Dū Yē Sū jīn fù shēng, Hā lì lù yà!
Tiān shi shi rén tōng huān hū, Hā lì lù yà!
Gào chang huān lè kai xuan gē, Hā lì lù yà!
Zhū tiān dā di tōng chang hē, Hā lì lù yà!

Text Information

• First Line: "Christ the Lord is risen today" (Jī Dū Yē Sū jīn fù shēng)
• Title: Christ the Lord is risen today
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 D
• Language: Chinese (Mandarin); English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 12:2
  ;
  1 Peter 3:18-19
  ;
  Acts 2:24
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:54-55
  ;
  Philippians 2:9-11
• Topic: Church Year: Easter; Descants and Fauxbourdons; Languages other than English: Mandarin; Processionals; Victory / Triumph
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
• Composer: George Job Elvey 1816-1893
• Composer (descant0: C. S. Lang, 1891-1971
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 D
• Key: e minor or modal
• Copyright: Descant © Noveloo & Co., Ltd., 1953