Hymns for Youth ‎#93

93. 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 watch of sorrow 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!
He has opened heaven's 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!
• Title: He Is Risen
• Author: Cecil F. Alexander, 1823-1895 (Altered)
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1966

Tune Information

• Name: UNSER HERRSCHER (NEANDER)
• Composer: Joachim Neander, 1650-1680
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 7 7
• Incipit: 12313 45517 65322
• Key: C Major