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 they 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!
Hail the Lord of earth of heaven, Alleluia!
Praise to thee by bot be given, Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!
Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia!
- Charles Wesley, 1739
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Those are the original verses? Oh my gosh--they're *so* much better than the verses in the PC(USA) hymnal ...
Could *Christ the Lord is Risen Today* be the greatest hymn ever written?
Yay, Christ is risen! Alleluia!
Yay for old Methodist hymns!! I made Matt take me to the traditional service just so I could sing that song!! aaahhh, Easter and hymns, what more could a person want on a beautiful, sunny, warm, Easter morning?? :)
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