Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Words and music by Charles Wesley · 1739
Key of C · 92 BPM · 4/4 · Easter,Praise · 1 Corinthians 15:20
Verse 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!
Verse 2
Love's redeeming work is
done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle
won, Alleluia! Lo! the Sun's eclipse
is o'er, Alleluia!
Lo! He sets in blood no
more, Alleluia!
Verse 3
Vain the stone, the watch, the
seal, Alleluia! Christ hath burst the gates of
hell, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids
His rise, Alleluia!
Christ hath opened paradise,
Alleluia!
Verse 4
Lives again our glorious
King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy
sting? Alleluia! Once He died our souls
to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O
grave? Alleluia!
Verse 5
Soar we now where Christ hath
led, Alleluia! Following our exalted
Head, Alleluia! Made like Him, like Him
we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the
skies, Alleluia!
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