Church Hymnal for Lutheran Services ‎#95

95. "Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day"

1. "CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day,"
Sons of men and angels say,
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, ye heavens, and, earth, reply.

2. 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.

3. Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell.
Death in vain forbids His rise;
Christ has opened Paradise.

4. Lives again our glorious King,
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Dying once, He all doth save;
Where thy victory, O grave?

5. Soar we now where Christ has led,
Following our exalted Head:
Made like Him, like Him we rise;
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies!

6. Hail the Lord of earth and heav'n!
Praise to Thee by both be giv'n:
Thee we greet triumphant now;
Hail, the Resurrection Thou!

Text Information

• First Line: "Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day"
• Author: C. Wesley
• Meter: 7s, Trochaic
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1911
• Topic: Easter
• Notes: Public Domain.

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