Christ is ris­en! Christ is ris­en!
Conquered death and all His foes!
Crucified and dead and bur­ied,
Very man, as man He rose.
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
He for us the cross endured,
And the bit­ter shame des­pis­ing,
Life, im­mor­tal life, se­cured.

Very God, He stooped to suf­fer
Keenest sor­rows, sharp­est pains;
Very man, en­throned in glo­ry,
Now as King of kings He reigns.
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Blessèd they who fol­low on,
Who by rack, or sword, or pri­son,
Share the crown that He hath won.

Blessèd they, the saints and mar­tyrs,
Foremost in the Church’s van,
Virgin souls of maid or ma­tron,
Babe, and youth, and hoa­ry man.
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Blessed be all the faith­ful throng
Strong in Him to fight and con­quer,
Pressing still His way along.

Lift the cross today in triumph,
Lift His won­drous sym­bol high!
Standard that hath led its le­gions
On to ho­ly vic­to­ry.
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Once of death and shame the sign,
Now of glo­ry ne­ver eq­ualed,
See the cross of Je­sus shine!

Backward, for­ward, o’er the ages,
How its rays un­earth­ly stream,
From eter­ni­ty its splen­dors,
To eter­ni­ty shall gleam.
Alleluia! Al­le­lu­ia!
Lift the match­less sym­bol high;
With the re­sur­rect­ion glo­ry,
Kindling earth, and sea, and sky!