Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (Wesley)

lyricist: Charles Wesley, 1739
Composer: Lyra Davidica, 1708

Christ the Lord is ris­en to­day

Al­le­lu­ia!

Sons of men and an­gels say

Al­le­lu­ia!

Raise your joys and tri­umphs high

Al­le­lu­ia!

Sing ye heav’ns

and earth re­ply

Al­le­lu­ia!

Love’s re­deem­ing work is done

Al­le­lu­ia!

Fought the fight

the bat­tle won

Al­le­lu­ia!

Lo! Our sun’s eclipse is o’er

Al­le­lu­ia!

Lo! He sets in blood no more

Al­le­lu­ia!

Vain the stone

the watch

the seal

Al­le­lu­ia!

Christ has burst the gates of hell

Al­le­lu­ia!

Death in vain for­bids His rise

Al­le­lu­ia!

Christ has op­ened para­dise

Al­le­lu­ia!

Lives again our glo­ri­ous king

Al­le­lu­ia!

Where

O death

is now thy sting? Al­le­lu­ia!

Dying once He all doth save

Al­le­lu­ia!*

Where thy vic­to­ry

O grave? Al­le­lu­ia!

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!

What tho’ once we per­ished all

Al­le­lu­ia!

Partners in our par­ents’ fall

Al­le­lu­ia!

Second life we all re­ceive

Al­le­lu­ia!

In our heav’n­ly Ad­am live

Al­le­lu­ia!

Ris’n with Him

we up­ward move

Al­le­lu­ia!

Still we seek the things above

Al­le­lu­ia!

Still pur­sue

and kiss the Son

Al­le­lu­ia!

Seated on His Fa­ther’s throne

Al­le­lu­ia!

Scarce on earth a thought be­stow

Al­le­lu­ia!

Dead to all we leave be­low

Al­le­lu­ia!

Heav’n our aim

and loved abode

Al­le­lu­ia!

Hid our life with Christ in God

Al­le­lu­ia!

Hid till Christ our life ap­pear

Al­le­lu­ia!

Glorious in His mem­bers here

Al­le­lu­ia!

Joined to Him

we then shall shine

Al­le­lu­ia!

All im­mor­tal

all di­vine

Al­le­lu­ia!

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!

King of Glo­ry

Soul of Bliss

Al­le­lu­ia!

Everlasting life is this

Al­le­lu­ia!

Thee to know

Thy pow­er to prove

Al­le­lu­ia!

Thus to sing

and thus to love

Al­le­lu­ia!

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