Scripture Verse

He has risen, just as He said. Matthew 28:6

Introduction

Words: Ri­chard R. Chope, in Hym­nal with Mu­sic for Child­ren, ed­it­ed by H. S. Hoff­man & James A. Moore (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Will­iam F. Shaw, 1887), num­ber 245.

Music: Her­bert S. Ir­ons (1827–1899) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Chope or Ir­ons (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Hark! bright an­gels sweet­ly sing
In the glo­ri­ous East­er sky,
How from death the Lord our king
Rose hence­forth no more to die,
Rose hence­forth no more to die.

Vainly sol­diers tried to hold
Holy Je­sus in the grave,
Sealed the stone, as they were told,
At the en­trance to the cave,
At the en­trance to the cave.

For on this day, Je­sus said,
He would rise in tri­umph high;
Rise all glo­ri­ous from the dead,
Clothed with light and ma­jes­ty,
Clothed with light and ma­jes­ty.

We must die as Je­sus died,
But we hope with Him to rise—
And in bo­dies glo­ri­fied,
Reign with Him be­yond the skies,
Reign with Him be­yond the skies.

Alleluia! ev­er­more,
Alleluia! an­gels sing,
Alleluia! we adore
Thee, O Christ, our God, and king,
Thee, O Christ, our God, and king!