Christ Is Risen! (Kimball)

Christ is ris­en! Christ is ris­en!

Conquered death and all His foes!

Crucified and dead and bur­ied

Very man

as man He rose.

Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!

He for us the cross endured

And the bit­ter shame des­pis­ing

Life

im­mor­tal life

se­cured.

Very God

He stooped to suf­fer

Keenest sor­rows

sharp­est pains;

Very man

en­throned in glo­ry

Now as King of kings He reigns.

Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!

Blessèd they who fol­low on

Who by rack

or sword

or pri­son

Share the crown that He hath won.

Blessèd they

the saints and mar­tyrs

Foremost in the Church’s van

Virgin souls of maid or ma­tron

Babe

and youth

and hoa­ry man.

Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!

Blessed be all the faith­ful throng

Strong in Him to fight and con­quer

Pressing still His way along.

Lift the cross today in tri­umph

Lift His won­drous sym­bol high!

Standard that hath led its le­gions

On to ho­ly vic­to­ry.

Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!

Once of death and shame the sign

Now of glo­ry nev­er eq­ualed

See the cross of Je­sus shine!

Backward

for­ward

o’er the ag­es

How its rays un­earth­ly stream

From eter­ni­ty its splen­dors

To eter­ni­ty shall gleam.

Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!

Lift the match­less sym­bol high;

With the re­sur­rect­ion glo­ry

Kindling earth

and sea

and sky!