Scripture Verse

He rose again the third day according to the scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:4

Introduction

Words: Roy S. Stough­ton, in Car­ols Old and Car­ols New, ed­it­ed by Charles L. Hutchins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Par­ish Choir, 1916), num­ber 583. This piece ap­pears in the Cat­alog of Co­py­right En­tries, New Ser­ies. Part 3: Mu­sic­al Com­po­si­tions 1942: Vol 37 No 1-7, U.S. Lib­ra­ry of Con­gress. If this cat­alog en­try was for a co­py­right re­new­al, it would date the orig­in­al com­po­si­tion to around 1914.

Music: Flem­ish (🔊 pdf nwc).

portrait
Roy Stoughton (1884–1953)

Lyrics

On East­er morn Christ rose again,
Rejoice, rej­oice, good Christ­ian men;
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!
But two days since He deigned to die,
That we no more in death may lie.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

The ho­ly wo­men to the tomb
With gifts of pre­cious oint­ment come;
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!
They seek with­in the guard­ed grave
The Lord, who died man­kind to save.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

An an­gel clad in white ap­pears,
Who brings glad tid­ings to their ears;
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!
Ye trem­bling daugh­ters, do not fear;
Ye seek the Christ—He is not here.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Go, bid the glad dis­ci­ples see
Their ris­en Lord in Ga­li­lee;
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!
Of Si­mon Pe­ter, next, I ween,
Then of th’e­lev­en, He was seen.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

This time of ho­ly pas­chal joy,
In hymns to Christ let all em­ploy;
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!
The Ho­ly Trin­ity be praised,
Glad thanks to God Al­migh­ty raised.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!