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166. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

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

2 Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died, our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!

3 Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia!
Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

4 Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exhalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Title: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) and others (1739)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.Alleluias
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Jesus Christ: Resurrection and Ascension
Tune Information
Name: WORGAN
Meter: 7.7.7.7.Alleluias
Incipit: 13514 66534 51434
Key: C Major
Source: From Lyra Davidica,1708



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