Scripture Verse

I am alive for evermore. Revelation 1:18

Introduction

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J. Lincoln Hall (1866–1930)

Words: Ir­vin H. Mack, The Ser­vice of Praise (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1900), num­ber 178.

Music: J. Lin­coln Hall (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Sing aloud, ye Chris­tian lands,
Songs of great­est tri­umph,
For your Lord has burst the bands—
Lives no more to die.
O sad the night the Lord lay dead;
All earth was steeped in sor­row;
But hail! He tri­umphed, as He said,
And rose to reign on high.

Refrain

Sing we loud the chor­us,
Sending praise be­fore us;
Jesus reign­eth o’er us;
King of kings is He.
O sad the night the Lord lay dead;
All earth was steeped in sor­row;
But hail! He tri­umphed, as He said,
And rose to reign on high.

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Raise the migh­ty anthem;
Death is van­quished by His Word,
Christ has made us free.
The stone and seal, the guard at night,
Their watch in si­lence keep­ing,
Were all in vain, for in His might
The Sav­ior rose again.

Refrain

Praise the Lord! Ex­ult­ant King!
List! An­gel­ic voic­es,
As to earth the news they bring—
Immortality!
From out the tomb, in ma­jes­ty,
He came in ra­di­ant beau­ty,
And rose with heav’n­ly hosts to be
The King eter­nal­ly.

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