He shatters bronze doors, and He cuts through iron bars.
Psalm 107:16
Words: Elim (probably a pseudonym), in A Book of Song and Service, edited by Edward A. Horton (Boston, Massachusetts: Unitarian Sunday-School Society, 1895), number 187. The hymn was accompanied by the note that it “may be used as a carol, or for a recessional.”
Music: Arthur F. Burnett (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know the author, or where to get a good photo of him or Burnett (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Now the iron bars are broken,
Christ from death to life is born,
Glorious life and life immortal
On this holy Easter morn.
Christ has triumphed, and we conquer
By His mighty enterprise;
We with Christ to life eternal
By His resurrection rise.
Solo, or Unison
Sing, sing, children sing,
Christ the Lord is risen!
Swing, swing, censers swing,
Empty is Death’s prison;
High, high, angels cry,
O’er the world victorious,
Christ to life is ris’n again,
Is risen from the dead.
Refrain
Aleluia! Aleluia!
Christ from death to life is born;
Thus we sing our hymns of gladness
On this holy Easter morn.
Christ is risen, we are risen!
Shed upon us heavenly grace,
Rain and dew and gleams of glory
From the brightness of Thy face.
Grant that we, with hearts in Heaven,
Here on earth may faithful be;
And by angel hands be gathered,
And be ever safe with Thee.
Solo/Unison and Refrain