The bells of hope are ring­ing,
O’er all the world to­day,
And count­less voic­es sing­ing
Join in the hap­py lay;
The world is full of glad­ness,
For hope to­day was born,
When Christ, the King of glo­ry
Arose on East­er morn.

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Ring out, ye mer­ry, mer­ry bells,
Good news to all you bring;
Ring out, ring out, your hap­py chim­ing tells
Of Christ our ris­en king.

The bells of hope are ring­ing,
All na­ture’s bright and gay;
She comes from death of win­ter
Resplendent on her way;
So help us, Heav’n­ly Fa­ther,
To count all sin as dead,
And grow with quick­ened pur­pose
In Christ our liv­ing head.

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The bells of hope are ring­ing;
O sad­dened heart, now sing,
For cru­el death is van­quished,
And Christ is ris­en—King.
The grave could not re­tain Him,
Nor prove its boast­ed might,
He burst the bands asun­der
And reigns in death­less light.

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