Sleeper Awake

Tell the sto­ry of the Ris­en:

Joy from sor­row

peace from pain;

How the Mas­ter broke from pri­son

Nevermore to die again.

Wakened is the heav’n­ly Sleep­er:

Earth casts out her migh­ty dead;

Comforted each earth­ly weep­er

Lifted ev­ery mour­ner’s head.

Tell the sto­ry of the Liv­ing:

Life from death

from night the day;

This the man­ner of God’s giv­ing;

So He deals with men

al­way.

Tell the sto­ry of Pass­ov­er;

Dry-shod through the deep

dark sea.

Christ

the Lord of all

and Lov­er

Leads His hosts to vic­to­ry.

Tell the sto­ry now of Eas­ter

Raise your voic­es high and sing;

Weeper

sleep­er

fast­er

feast­er

Sursum Cor­da

Christ is King.