He is risen.
Mark 16:6
Words & Music: Adam Geibel, in Rich in Blessing, edited by George C. Hugg (New York: George C. Hugg, 1894), number 216 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Ring out the happy Easter bells,
For Christ is risen today;
Proclaim the tidings far and wide,
And raise the joyful lay.
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Ring the happy Easter bells,
Ring the bells;
Ring the happy Easter bells,
Ring the bells;
Ring the happy Easter bells,
Ring the bells;
Ring the happy Easter bells.
Ring out the happy Easter bells,
Redemption’s work is done;
The victory o’er death and sin,
Forevermore is won.
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Ring out the happy Easter bells,
Shake off the gloom of night,
And rise with Jesus this glad day,
Into the Easter light.
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Then let us with glad heart and voice
Our loudest praises sing,
To Him, the Savior of the world,
The blessèd risen King.
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