Christ the Lord is Risen Today - Ben Burkholder

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Lyrics:
Christ the Lord is risen today,
Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say,
Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high,
Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply,
Alleluia!
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!
Love's redeeming work is done,
Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won,
Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise,
Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!

The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

Christ the Lord is Risen Today

Words by Charles WesleyMusic by Unknown; tune from Lyra DavidicaWritten 1739Tune EASTER HYMN

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

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

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!

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!

Story Behind the Song

Charles Wesley wrote this Easter hymn and published it as “Hymn for Easter-Day” in Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739. The original text did not include the repeated “Alleluia” after every line; those acclamations were added in later hymnbook tradition to fit the widely used tune EASTER HYMN. The tune comes from Lyra Davidica (1708), and the hymn has become one of the standard English-language Easter hymns.

Scripture

Found In

Hymns and Sacred Poems, The United Methodist Hymnal, The Hymnal 1982, Trinity Hymnal, Lutheran Service Book, Baptist Hymnal