Christ the Lord is risen today, Hallelujah!

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1 Christ the Lord is risen today;
Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say:
Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens; thou earth, reply:
Alleluia!

1A Christ the Lord is risen today;
Alleluia!
All creation joins to say:
Alleluia!
Raise your joy and triumphs high;
Alleluia!
Sing now heaven, and earth reply:
Alleluia!

1B Christ the Lord is risen today;
Alleluia!
Let creation join to say:
Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens; thou earth, reply:
Alleluia!

2 Love's redeeming work is done,
Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Alleluia!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Alleluia!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell:
Alleluia!

2A Love's redeeming work is done,
Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Alleluia!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Alleluia!
Christ has burst the gates of hell:
Alleluia!

2B Love's redeeming work is done,
Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Alleluia!
Lo! our sun's eclipse is o'er;
Alleluia!
Lo! he sets in blood no more.
Alleluia!

3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Alleluia!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell:
Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids his rise;
Alleluia!
Christ hath opened paradise.
Alleluia!

4 Lives again our glorious king;
Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Alleluia
Once he died our souls to save
Alleluia!
Where's thy victory, boasting grave?
Alleluia!

4A Lives again our glorious king;
Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now your sting?
Alleluia
Once he died our souls to save
Alleluia!
Where's your victory, O grave?
Alleluia!

4B Lives again our glorious king;
Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now your sting?
Alleluia
Dying once, he all doth save;
Alleluia!
Where's thy victory, boasting grave?
Alleluia!

5 Soar we now where Christ hath led,
Alleluia!
Following our exalted head;
Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise;
Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies:
Alleluia!

5A Soar we now where Christ has led,
Alleluia!
Following our exalted head;
Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise;
Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies:
Alleluia!

6 King of glory! Soul of bliss!
Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this,
Alleluia!
Thee to know, thy power to prove,
Alleluia!
Thus to sing, and thus to love:
Alleluia!

7 Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Alleluia!
Praise to thee by both be given:
Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now,
Alleluia!
Hail, the resurrection Thou!
Alleluia!

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
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