Verse 1
Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say: Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heav'ns, and earth reply. Alleluia!
Verse 2
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!
Verse 3
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!
Verse 4
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!
Public Domain Information
- Text
- Public Domain
- Tune
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- Verified
- October 3, 2026
- Verification sources
- The Army and Navy Hymnal (Public Domain Archive)
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- Text Rights
- Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 63, scan page 87 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/87). Credit as printed: Charles Wesley, 1739. Text author: Charles Wesley (1707–1788; dates from Wikidata Q349070, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1788): public domain.
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