Scripture Verse

He is risen, as He said. Matthew 28:6

Introduction

Words: Au­thor un­known. Trans­lat­ed to Eng­lish by Ar­thur T. Rus­sell, Psalms and Hymns (Cam­bridge, Eng­land: John Deigh­ton, 1851), num­ber 108. This book’s table of con­tents de­scribes the hymn as an­cient.

Music: Breslau As Hym­no­dus Sa­cer (Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny: 1625) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

The Lord again to earth ap­pears,
Our com­fort­er in all our tears;
Who late­ly on the shame­ful tree
Died, wretch­ed man from wrath to free.

The ho­ly women spic­es brought,
And with the dawn their Sav­ior sought;
To them the bless­èd an­gels say:
Fear not, the Lord is ris­en to­day.

Bid His dis­ci­ples weep no more:
This day doth Christ to them re­store.
Lord, ours this pas­chal joy shall be;
Thanks to the bless­èd Tri­ni­ty.