Scripture Verse

The Lord is risen indeed. Luke 24:34

Introduction

Words: An­on­y­mous, in The Par­ish Choir, Vol­ume 1, num­ber 56, March 1877, page 221 (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Charles L. Hut­chins). Orig­in­al first line: If an­gels sung our Sav­iour’s birth. The La­tin cho­rus trans­lates as: Christ is ri­sen to­day, Arose for us; Christ is ri­sen to­day, Glo­ry, Lord Je­sus!

Music: Ar­thur H. Brown (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the au­thor, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head-and-shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Brown,

portrait
Arthur H. Brown
1830–1926

Lyrics

If angels sang our Savior’s birth,
On that most blessèd morn,
Then let us imitate their mirth,
Now He again is born.

Refrain

Surrexit Christus hodie,
Surrexit pro nobis;
Surrexit Christus hodie,
Gloria, Jesu Domino!

Grieve not, vain man, who mortal art,
That thou to earth must fall;
It was His portion, ’twas His part
Of Him who made us all.

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Himself He humbled to the grave,
Made flesh like us to show,
That we as certainly shall have,
A resurrection too.

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Then with perpetual hymns let Christ,
Who from the dead was raised,
With Father and the Holy Ghost,
Eternally be praised.

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