Lyrics

Christ the Lord is risen today
Hallelujah
Sons of men and angels say:
Hallelujah
Raise your joys and triumphs high
Hallelujah
Sing, O heavens, and earth reply:
Hallelujah

Love’s redeeming work is done
Hallelujah
Fought the fight, the battle won
Hallelujah
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal
Hallelujah
Christ has burst the gates of hell
Hallelujah

Lives again our glorious King
Hallelujah
Where, O death, is now your sting?
Hallelujah
Once he died, our souls to save
Hallelujah
Where’s your victory, O grave?
Hallelujah

Soar we now where Christ has led
Hallelujah
Following our exalted head
Hallelujah
Made like him, like him we rise
Hallelujah
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies
Hallelujah

Charles Wesley (1707-88)