164 | The Hymnal#165 | 166 |
Text: | Christ the Lord is risen today |
Author: | Rev. Charles Wesley (1707-1788) |
Tune: | LLANFAIR |
Composer: | Robert Williams (c. 1781-1821) |
1 "Christ the Lord is risen today," Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say; Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply; Alleluia!
2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Alleluia!
Christ has burst the gates of hell: Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids His rise; Alleluia!
Christ hath opened Paradise. Alleluia!
3 Lives again our glorious King; Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died, our souls to save; Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
4 Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head; Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise; Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Alleluia!
5 Hail the Lord of earth and heaven! Alleluia!
Praise to Thee by both be given; Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now; Alleluia!
Hail, the Resurrection Thou! Alleluia!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Christ the Lord is risen today |
Author: | Rev. Charles Wesley (1707-1788) |
Refrain First Line: | Alleluia |
Meter: | 7. 7. 7. 7. with Alleluias |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ the Lord: His Resurrection; Christ: Resurrection, His; Easter(1 more...) |
Copyright: | From "The Church Hymnary," Revised. Used by permission of the Oxford University Press. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LLANFAIR |
Composer: | Robert Williams (c. 1781-1821) |
Meter: | 7. 7. 7. 7. with Alleluias |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | From "The Church Hymnary," Revised. Used by permission of the Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | May be sung to EASTER HYMN, Hymn 163. |