Sunday's Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Christ the Lord is ris­en to­day, Al­le­lu­ia!
Sons of men and an­gels say, Al­le­lu­ia!
Raise your joys and tri­umphs high, Al­le­lu­ia!
Sing ye heav’ns, and earth re­ply, Al­le­lu­ia!

Love’s re­deem­ing work is done, Al­le­lu­ia!
Fought the fight, the bat­tle won, Al­le­lu­ia!
Lo! Our sun’s eclipse is o’er, Al­le­lu­ia!
Lo! He sets in blood no more, Al­le­lu­ia!

Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Al­le­lu­ia!
Christ has burst the gates of hell, Al­le­lu­ia!
Death in vain for­bids His rise, Al­le­lu­ia!
Christ has op­ened para­dise, Al­le­lu­ia!

Lives again our glo­ri­ous king, Al­le­lu­ia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Al­le­lu­ia!
Dying once He all doth save, Al­le­lu­ia!*
Where thy vic­to­ry, O grave? Al­le­lu­ia!

Soar we now, where Christ has led, Al­le­lu­ia!
Following our ex­alt­ed head, Al­le­lu­ia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Al­le­lu­ia!
Ours the cross—the grave—the skies, Al­le­lu­ia!

What tho’ once we per­ished all, Al­le­lu­ia!
Partners in our par­ents’ fall, Al­le­lu­ia!
Second life we all re­ceive, Al­le­lu­ia!
In our heav’n­ly Ad­am live, Al­le­lu­ia!

Ris’n with Him, we up­ward move, Al­le­lu­ia!
Still we seek the things above, Al­le­lu­ia!
Still pur­sue, and kiss the Son, Al­le­lu­ia!
Seated on His Fa­ther’s throne, Al­le­lu­ia!

Scarce on earth a thought be­stow, Al­le­lu­ia!
Dead to all we leave be­low, Al­le­lu­ia!
Heav’n our aim, and loved abode, Al­le­lu­ia!
Hid our life with Christ in God, Al­le­lu­ia!

Hid till Christ our life ap­pear, Al­le­lu­ia!
Glorious in His mem­bers here, Al­le­lu­ia!
Joined to Him, we then shall shine, Al­le­lu­ia!
All im­mor­tal, all di­vine, Al­le­lu­ia!

Hail the Lord of earth and Heav­en, Al­le­lu­ia!
Praise to Thee by both be giv­en, Al­le­lu­ia!
Thee we greet tri­umph­ant now, Al­le­lu­ia!
Hail the re­sur­rect­ion Thou, Al­le­lu­ia!

King of Glo­ry, Soul of Bliss, Al­le­lu­ia!
Everlasting life is this, Al­le­lu­ia!
Thee to know, Thy pow­er to prove, Al­le­lu­ia!
Thus to sing, and thus to love, Al­le­lu­ia!

—Charles Wesley