The Voice of Praise ‎#198

198. Christ the Lord is risen to-day

1 Christ the Lord is risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say;
Raise your songs of triumph 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 hath burst the gates of hell;
Death in vain forbids his rise,
Christ hath opened Paradise.

4 Lives again our glorious King;
Where, O Death, is now thy sting?
Once he died our souls to save;
Where thy victory, boasting Grave?

5 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ the Lord is risen to-day
• Author: Cudworth
• Meter: 7s
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Psalm 118:24
  ;
  Matthew 28:1-9
  ;
  Matthew 28:6
  ;
  Mark 16
  ;
  Luke 24:1-7
  ;
  Acts 2:24
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:20
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:55-57
  ;
  2 Corinthians 4:14
  ;
  1 Thessalonians 4:14
• Topic: Christ: Resurrection and Ascension; Resurrection of Christ
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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