Jesus Reigns

Sing aloud

ye Christ­ian lands

Songs of great­est tri­umph

For your Lord has burst the bands—

Lives no more to die.

O sad the night the Lord lay dead;

All earth was steeped in sor­row;

But hail! He tri­umphed

as He said

And rose to reign on high.

Sing we loud the chor­us

Sending praise be­fore us;

Jesus reign­eth o’er us;

King of kings is He.

O sad the night the Lord lay dead;

All earth was steeped in sor­row;

But hail! He tri­umphed

as He said

And rose to reign on high.

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!

Raise the migh­ty an­them;

Death is van­quished by His Word

Christ has made us free.

The stone and seal

the guard at night

Their watch in si­lence keep­ing

Were all in vain

for in His might

The Sav­ior rose again.

Praise the Lord! Ex­ult­ant King!

List! An­gel­ic voic­es

As to earth the news they bring—

Immortality!

From out the tomb

in ma­jes­ty

He came in ra­di­ant beau­ty

And rose with heav’n­ly hosts to be

The King eter­nal­ly.