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REJOICE! THE CHRIST IS RISEN

Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in Car­ols Old and Car­ols New, by Charles L. Hut­chins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Par­ish Choir, 1916), num­ber 267.

Music: Ma­te­ra George E. Ol­iv­er (🔊 ).

If you know the au­thor, or where to get a good pic­ture of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you send us an e-mail?

portrait
George Oliver (1856–1941)

Lyrics

Rejoice! the Christ is ris­en,
Who died that we might live;
His pro­mis­es are faith­ful—
The err­ing He’ll for­give.

Refrain

The East­er bells are ring­ing,
To wel­come this bright day,
And hap­py child­ren sing­ing,
Pour forth their glad­some lay.

Rejoice! the Lord vic­tor­ious
Has con­quered death and hell,
And now He reigns most glor­ious,
Our God Im­man­uel.

Refrain

Rejoice! rej­oice! for­ev­er;
He doth our peace re­store;
His bless­ings are un­fail­ing,
His love is ev­er­more.

Refrain