Easter Bells Are Pealing

Hark! the East­er bells are peal­ing

Loud and clear their tune­ful lay;

Wake

O earth

to joy and glad­ness

Christ the Lord is ris’n to­day.

Send the ech­oes swift­ly fly­ing

Where the gloomy sha­dows lie;

Jesus lives

O bless­èd sto­ry!

We shall reign with Him on high.

Ring

ring

ring

Thro’ the East­er light and glo­ry;

Ring

ring

ring

Telling out the joy­ful sto­ry;

Ring

ring

ring

To the skies your glad­ness voic­ing;

Ring

ring

ring

Set the whole wide world re­joicing.

Hark! the East­er bells are peal­ing

Like a thou­sand harps of gold;

Swells afar their sil­ver chim­ing

Welcome news each strain doth hold.

Look to Heav­en’s op­en por­tals

Cease your tears

for­get to sigh;

He who slept with­in the gar­den

Lives again no more to die.

Hark! the East­er bells are peal­ing

In a me­lo­dy sub­lime

Risen now to life im­mor­tal

Hail the King of East­er-time.

Praise Him! ov­er death vic­tor­ious

Shout His name with sweet ac­cord

All His might and pow’r con­fess­ing

Risen Christ

as­cend­ed Lord.