Let Us Tell the Story

Let us tell the sto­ry

How shame led on to glo­ry;

How the Foe de­fy­ing

Joy was born from sigh­ing

Strength from weak­ness

liv­ing sprang from dy­ing:

The Lord is King—the Lord bears sway:

The Lord hath made this glor­ious day

Of East­er.

Now up­on Mount Si­on

Upriseth Ju­dah’s Li­on;

Now His might He show­eth

Mighty ones o’er­throw­eth

Conq’ring and to con­quer

forth He go­eth:

And Heav’n ab­ove and Earth be­low

One com­mon Al­le­lu­ia know

At East­er.

Every earth­ly bat­tle

Is fought with ar­mor’s ra­ttle.

And with war-steeds pranc­ing

And with hel­mets glanc­ing

And with pen­nons in the breez­es danc­ing:

Another foe

ano­ther fight

Was fought be­fore the morn­ing light

At East­er.

Single war­fare wag­ing

Embattled hosts en­gag­ing

He

by none as­sist­ed.

He

by all re­sist­ed

Met and con­quered Hell

for con­flict list­ed;

On Fri­day last His sword He drew;

The van­quished foe He ov­er­threw

At East­er.