Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead

Our Lord is ris­en from the dead!

Our Je­sus is gone up on high!

The pow­ers of hell are cap­tive led

Dragged to the por­tals of the sky.

There His tri­um­phal cha­ri­ot waits

And an­gels chant the so­lemn lay:

Lift up your heads

you heav’n­ly gates;

Ye ev­er­last­ing doors

give way!

Loose all your bars of mas­sy light

And wide un­fold the ether­eal scene;

He claims these man­sions as His right

Receive the King of glo­ry in!

Who is this King of glo­ry? Who?

The Lord

that all His foes o’er­came;

The world

sin

death

and hell o’er­threw;

And Je­sus is the Con­quer­or’s name.

Lo! His tri­um­phal cha­ri­ot waits

And an­gels chant the so­lemn lay:

Lift up your heads

you heav’n­ly gates;

Ye ev­er­last­ing doors give way!

Who is the King of glo­ry

who?

The Lord of glo­ri­ous pow­er pos­sessed

The King of saints and an­gels

too;

God ov­er all

for­ev­er blessed!