The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16167

16167. Let The Whole World Chant And Sing

1 Let the whole world chant and sing
Easter praises to our king;
Alleluia!
Rescued from the fiery river,
Let the blest ones sing forever;
Alleluia!
We, too, raise with hymn and song,
Fullest praises loud and long:
Alleluia!

2 For our Lord for us has borne
All the bitter weight of scorn;
Alleluia!
Death’s sharp pain ’twas His to know;
His to drink the cup of woe;
Alleluia!
And from hands and feet and side,
Flowed His lifeblood’s crimson tide;
Alleluia!

3 On Him our transgressions fell;
He for us went down to hell;
Alleluia!
He hath triumphed o’er the foe;
He hath wrought sin’s overthrow;
Alleluia!
So, once more that Easter morn,
He to higher life was born,
Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: Let the whole world chant and sing
• Title: Let The Whole World Chant And Sing
• Latin Title: Concinat orbis cunctus
• Translator: Edward H. Plumptre
• Language: English
• Source: Latin sequence in Bodleian Library manuscript 775, folio 185, written between 994 and 1017; Tr.: Hymnary, 1872
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Let the whole world chant and sing]
• Composer: Henry Thomas Smart, 1813-1879
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain