He is risen from the dead.
Matthew 28:7
Words: Anonymous, in Voices of Praise, edited by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Ditson & Company, 1883), number 378.
Music: John B. Dykes (1823–1876) (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Now all the bells are ringing
To welcome Easter day,
And we with joy are singing
Our carol sweet and gay;
For Jesus hath arisen
From Joseph’s rocky cave,
Hath burst His three days’ prison,
And triumphed o’er the grave.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
O hasten we to meet Him,
With our companions dear,
With love and awe to greet Him,
As He is drawing near;
Of old His friends were bidden
To haste to Galilee;
Still in His Church, all glorious,
Our risen Lord will be.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Still, Jesus! we adore Thee
With faith which may not fail;
Still as we kneel before Thee,
We hear Thee say, All hail
!
Thou, who art now descending
To raise us up to Thee,
An Eastertide unending,
Grant us in Heav’n to see.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!