The Bells of Hope

The bells of hope are ring­ing

O’er all the world to­day

And count­less voic­es sing­ing

Join in the hap­py lay;

The world is full of glad­ness

For hope to­day was born

When Christ

the King of glo­ry

Arose on East­er morn.

Ring out

ye mer­ry

mer­ry bells

Good news to all you bring;

Ring out

ring out

your hap­py chim­ing tells

Of Christ our ris­en king.

The bells of hope are ring­ing

All na­ture’s bright and gay;

She comes from death of win­ter

Resplendent on her way;

So help us

Heav’n­ly Fa­ther

To count all sin as dead

And grow with quick­ened pur­pose

In Christ our liv­ing head.

The bells of hope are ring­ing;

O sad­dened heart

now sing

For cru­el death is van­quished

And Christ is ris­en—King.

The grave could not re­tain Him

Nor prove its boast­ed might

He burst the bands asun­der

And reigns in death­less light.