Scripture Verse

Jesus Christ our Lord…declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spir­it of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. Romans 1:3–4

Introduction

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Charles Gabriel (1856–1932)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns for Our Lord’s Re­sur­rect­ion (Lon­don: Will­iam Stra­han, 1746), num­ber 13.

Music: As­pin­wall Charles H. Ga­bri­el, 1912 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Break forth in­to praise! Our sure­ty and head
His mem­bers to raise, hath rose from the dead;
The power of His Spir­it hath quick­ened our Lord,
That we by His Spir­it may all be re­stored.

Our cap­tain and king with shouts we pro­claim,
And joy­ful­ly sing the won­der­ful name;
The name all-vic­to­ri­ous we pub­lish, and feel
Triumphantly glo­ri­ous o’er sin, earth, and hell.

The pow­er of His rise we know and de­clare
And rapt to the skies, His hap­pi­ness share;
In hea­ven­ly plac­es with Je­sus we sit,
And Je­sus’ prais­es with an­gels re­peat.

We sing of His love while so­journ­ing here,
Till Christ from above our Sav­ior ap­pear;
The heirs of sal­va­tion with tri­umph re­ceive,
In full con­sum­ma­tion of glo­ry to live.