Text: | Christ the Lord is risen today |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1708-88 |
Tune: | ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR |
Composer: | George Job Elvey, 1816 - 93 |
1 Christ the Lord is risen today,
Sons of men and angels 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! the Sun's eclipse is o'er,
Lo! he sets in blood no more. A-men.
2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,
Christ hath burst the gates of hell;
Death in vain forbids his 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;
Thee we greet triumphant now,
Hail, the Resurrection Thou!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Christ the Lord is risen today |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1708-88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Easter |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR |
Composer: | George Job Elvey, 1816 - 93 |
Meter: | 7 7, 7 7. D. |
Key: | G Major |