Scripture Verse

Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? 1 Corinthians 15:55

Introduction

Words: Ma­ry M. Ken­ne­dy, in Sun­day-School Hymns No. 1, ed­it­ed by Is­aac H. Me­re­dith, Grant C. Tul­lar & Jo­seph W. Ler­man (New York: Tul­lar-Me­re­dith, 1903), num­ber 270.

Music: How­ard E. Smith (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

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Howard E. Smith (1863–1918)

Lyrics

Hallelujah un­to Je­sus!
Now He lives to die no more;
Let all na­tions sing His prais­es,
Gladly sing them o’er and o’er.

Refrain

Hallelujah! Hal­le­lujah!
Hallelujah! to our king!
From the tomb to­day He’s ris­en,
Hallelujah we’ll sing.

Hallelujah un­to Je­sus!
Who for us once bled, and died,
He is now o’er death, the Vic­tor,
Hail Him king the Cru­ci­fied.

Refrain

Hallelujah un­to Je­sus!
Blessèd first­fruits of the dead;
He our re­sur­rect­ion sure­ty,
Lives for us our ris­en king.

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Hallelujah un­to Je­sus!
Death is robbed now of its sting;
And the tomb for us is light­ed,
Hallelujah to our king.

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