The Worshipbook ‎#330

330. "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today''

1 "Christ the Lord is risen today," Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say; Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Alleluia!
Christ has burst the gates of hell; Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise; Alleluia!
Christ has opened Paradise. Alleluia!

3 Lives again our glorious King; Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now your sting? Alleluia!
Once he died, our souls to save; Alleluia!
Where's your victory, O grave? Alleluia!

4 Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head; Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise; Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Alleluia!

5 Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven! Alleluia!
Praise to thee by both be given; Alleluia!
You we greet triumphant now; Alleluia!
Hail, the resurrection Thou! Alleluia!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: "Christ the Lord is risen today"
• Title: "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today''
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 (1739, alt. 1760, 1972)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. with Alleluias
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Mark 16:6
• Topic: Christian Year: Easter Day

Tune Information

• Name: LLANFAIR
• Composer: Robert Williams (1817)
• Harmonizer: David Evans (1927)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7. with Alleluias
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Music from The Church Hymnary, Revised Edition; used by permission of Oxford University Press.
• Notes: Alternative Tune: EASTER HYMN