Scripture Verse

I am the Living One; I was dead, and now…I am alive for ever and ever…and I hold the keys of death and Hades. Revelation 1:18

Introduction

Words: Em­ma F. Pitt, in Big­low & Main’s East­er An­nu­al No. 4‎ (New York, 1880).

Music: C. Fitz­sim­mons (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Fitz­sim­mons’ full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Pitt (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Ring out the an­them, Je­sus lives,
No more to shed His blood;
His death to us sal­va­tion gives,
And now He reigns with God.
Then ring the church bell,
The hap­py news tell
The wide world abroad.

He lives to hear the child­ren’s pray­er,
To wake the child­ren’s song;
He list­ens to its mu­sic there
Amid the heav’n­ly throng.
Then ring the church bell,
The hap­py news tell
The glad sound pro­long.

He lives to plead when child­ren sin,
To wash away each stain,
Their souls from Sa­tan’s grasp to win,
Saved from eter­nal pain.
Then ring the church bell,
The hap­py news tell
While earth shall re­main.

He lives to bless each lit­tle heart
Which rests on Je­sus’ love,
His grace and mer­cy to impart,
And ev­ery fear re­move.
Then ring the church bell,
The hap­py news tell
Till the East­er above.

Upon each lit­tle rest­less head
To lay His un­seen hand,
And guide the wan­der­ing lit­tle feet
To Ca­naan’s pro­mised land.
Then ring the church bell,
The hap­py news tell
A Heaven-bound band.

He now pre­pares the chil­dren’s home,
Way up be­yond the sky,
Where sin and sor­row ne­ver come,
And child­ren ne­ver die.
Then ring the church bell,
The hap­py news tell,
Let the ec­ho re­ply.

Ring out the an­them, Jesus lives!
Repeat the joy­ful lays
Till ev­ery child on earth be­lieves
And sings the Sav­ior’s praise.
Then ring the church bell,
The hap­py news tell
Throughout end­less days.