485 7s C. Wesley
The Resurrection. 1 Cor. 15. 20, 55; Matt. 28. 2-7
1
Christ, the Lord, is risen today,
 
Sons of men and angels say,
 
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
 
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.
2
Love’s redeeming work is done;
 
Fought the fight, the battle won.
 
Lo! the sun’s eclipse is o’er;
 
Lo! he sets in blood no more!
3
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
 
Christ has burst the gates of hell;
 
Death in vain forbids his rise;
 
Christ has opened paradise.
4
Lives again our glorious King;
 
Where, O Death, is now thy sting?
 
Once he died our souls to save;
 
Where’s thy victory, boasting Grave?
5
[Soar we now where Christ has led,
 
Following our exalted Head;
 
Made like him, like him we rise;
 
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies!]
6
Hail! the Lord of earth and heaven!
 
Praise to thee by both be given!
 
Thee we greet, triumphant now!
 
Hail! the Resurrection thou!