Wartburg Hymnal ‎#181

181. He is risen! He is risen!

1 He is risen! He is risen!
Tell it with a joyful voice;
He has burst His three days' prison,
Let the whole wide earth rejoice:
Death is conquered, man is free,
Christ has won the victory.

2 Tell it to the sinners, weeping
Over deeds in darkness done;
Weary fast and vigil keeping,
Brightly breaks their Easter sun;
Blood can wash all sins away,
Christ has conquered hell today.

3 Come, with high and holy gladness,
Chant our Lord's triumphant lay;
Not one touch of twilight sadness
Dims His Resurrection Day;
Brightly dawns the radiant East,
Brighter far our Easter Feast.

4 He is risen! He is risen!
Opened the eternal gate;
We are free from sin's dark prison,
Risen to a holier state;
Soon a brighter Easter beam
On our longing eyes shall stream.

Text Information

• First Line: He is risen! He is risen!
• Author: C. F. Alexander
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: Easter
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune: UNSER HERRSCHER, UNSER KONIG

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