Scripture Verse

The Lord is risen indeed. Luke 24:34

Introduction

Words: Ap­peared in Car­ols New and Car­ols Old, by Charles L. Hutc­hins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Par­ish Choir, 1916), num­ber 222. The song was an­no­tat­ed From the [New York] Her­ald.

Music: J. Re­ming­ton Fair­lamb (1838–1908) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the au­thor, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Fair­lamb,

Lyrics

Across the eastern hilltops gleam
The first bright rays of dawn;
The sunlight dances in each beam,
Upon this Easter morn.

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Alleluia! Alleluia!
The Lord is risen today;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
The Lord doth reign for aye.

The gates of death now stand ajar,
For Jesus, Lord and King,
No stone or seal His exit bar,
While men and angels sing:

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Now all His agony is past,
His suffering and His pain,
With glorious victory at last,
Our Savior lives to reign.

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