Scripture Verse

He has risen, just as He said. Matthew 28:5–6

Introduction

Words: Ma­ry E. Storrs, in The Ev­an­ge­li­cal Hym­nal with Tunes, ed­it­ed by Charles C. Hall & Sig­is­mond La­sar (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1880), num­ber 583.

Music: Men­dels­sohn Fe­lix Men­dels­sohn, Fest­ge­sang an die Künst­ler, 1840 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Storrs (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Lyrics

illustration
The Resurrection
Carl H. Bloch (1834–1890)

Christ the Lord is ris­en to­day!
He who in the man­ger lay,
Watched by gen­tle mo­ther’s eyes,
Lives and reigns be­yond the skies.
Christ the Lord is ris’n to­day!
Each to other glad­ly say!
Shout, ye hap­py ones, and sing,
Let the earth with mu­sic ring!
Shout, ye hap­py ones and sing,
Let the earth with mu­sic ring!

Bring the ros­es’ rich per­fume,
Bring the gar­den’s glad­dest bloom,
Bring the li­lies’ saint­ly white,
Emblems of the soul’s de­light—
Emblems of the spi­rit’s glow,
We, like Ma­ry, soon may know,
When our Mas­ter’s voice we hear
Speak our name in ac­cents clear.
When our Mas­ter’s voice we hear
Speak our name in ac­cents clear.

O the man­sions Christ pre­pares,
Where for each He looks and cares!
O the gar­den bloom­ing bright,
Where His glo­ry is the light!
Here His love is per­fect peace,
There His love shall ne­ver cease!
Sing, ye child­ren, sing and say,
Christ the Lord is ris’n to­day.
Sing, ye child­ren, sing and say,
Christ the Lord is ris’n to­day.