Death is swallowed up in victory.
1 Corinthians 15:54
Words & Music: William E. Marks, in Festal Chimes, by George C. Hugg, Volume 4, number l (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George C. Hugg, 1890) (🔊 pdf nwc).
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Wake and sing!
Jesus from the grave has risen;
Praise His name!
Unto us a hope is given;
We, some time, will escape
From death’s dark prison;
Death is conquered, hallelujah!
Christ is ris’n.
Refrain
Sing, sing, sing!
Make the anthems swell out stronger;
Ring, ring, ring!
Let the bells now peal out longer;
Sing, sing, sing!
Let the carols rise forever;
Death is conquered, hallelujah!
Christ is ris’n.
Praise the Lord!
He has robbed death of its terror,
And from us every fear has gone forever;
Praise the Lord!
We will glory in Him ever;
Death is conquered, hallelujah!
Christ is ris’n.
Refrain
Praise His name!
He’s the hope of our salvation;
Praise ye Him!
Every land and every nation,
Join ye now
In the song of jubilation;
Death is conquered, hallelujah!
Christ is ris’n.
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