Together in Song ‎#379

379. He is risen, 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, we are free,
Christ has won the victory.

2 Come with high and holy gladness,
sing our Lord's triumphant song:
not one touch of twilight sadness
dims his resurrection morn;
brightly dawns the radiant east,
brighter far our Easter feast.

3 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!
• Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-95 (alt.)
• Meter: 87.87.77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:20-23
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:55-58
  ;
  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
  ;
  Colossians 3:1-14
  ;
  John 20:19-23
  ;
  Luke 24:1-2
  ;
  Mark 16:1-14
  ;
  Matthew 28:1-10
  ;
  Revelation 3:7-13
• Topic: Death; Easter; Jesus Christ: Lordship; Jesus Christ: Priesthood and Intercession; Jesus Christ: Resurrection; Liberation; Light; Resurrection; Sin

Tune Information

• Name: UNSER HERRSCHER (NEANDER)
• Composer: Joachim Neander, 1650-80
• Meter: 87.87.77
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: 'Gesangbuch', Darmstadt, 1698