Who endured the Cross and grave, Halleluiah! Sinners to redeem and save. Halleluiah!
But the pains which He endured Halleluiah!
Our salvation have procured;
Now above the sky He's King,
Where the angels ever sing
CHRIST the Lord is risen again;
Praise Him then, ye sons of men!
Raise your songs of triumph high ;
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply!
Love's redeeming work is done;
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Death and hell oppose in vain,
Christ hath opened heaven again!
Lives again our glorious King;
Where, O Death, is now thy sting?
Once He died our souls to save;
Where thy victory, O Grave?
Soar we now where Christ has led,
Following our exalted Head;
Then, like Him, shall we too rise
To our home beyond the skies.
THE happy morn is come!
Triumphant o'er the grave
The Lord hath left the tomb,
Omnipotent to save:
Captivity is captive led;
For Jesus liveth, and was dead.
Who now accuseth them
For whom their surety died?
Who now shall those condemn
Whom God hath justified?
Captivity is captive led;
For Jesus liveth, and was dead.
Christ hath the ransom paid;
The glorious work is done;
On Him our help is laid,
By Him our victory won:
Captivity is captive led ;
For Jesus liveth, and was dead.
To God, the risen Son,
Father and Spirit blest,
Eternal Three in One,
All worship be addrest.
Captivity is captive led;
For Jesus liveth, and was dead.
JESUS lives! no longer now
Can thy terrors, Death, appal us;
Jesus lives! and this we know,
Thou, O Grave, canst not enthral us.
Jesus lives! henceforth is death
But the gate of life immortal;
This shall calm our trembling breath,
When we pass its gloomy portal.
Jesus lives! for us He died :
Then, alone to Jesus living,
Pure in heart may we abide,
Glory to our Saviour giving.
Jesus lives! our hearts know well,
Nought from us His love shall sever;
Life, nor death, nor powers of hell
Tear us from His keeping ever.
Jesus lives! to Him the throne
Far above all power is given:
May we go where He is gone,
Rest and reign with Him in heaven!
COME, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
"Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus !"
"Worthy the Lamb!" our lips reply;
"For He was slain for us."
Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine;
And blessings, more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever Thine.
The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
Of Him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.
Christ, awhile to mortals given,
Enters now the highest heaven.
There the glorious triumph waits; Halleluiah! Lift your heads, eternal gates! Halleluiah! Christ hath vanquished death and sin Halleluiah! Take the King of glory in! Halleluiah!
Lo! the heaven its Lord receives! Halleluiah!
Yet He loves the earth He leaves; Halleluiah!
Though returning to His throne, Halleluiah!
Still He calls mankind His own. Halleluiah!
Lord, though parted from our sight, Halleluiah!
Far above yon azure height,
Grant our hearts may thither rise,
Seeking Thee above the skies.
Halleluiah! Halleluiah! Halleluiah!
LIFT up your heads, eternal gates,
Unfold to entertain
The King of glory; see He comes
With His celestial train.
Who is the King of glory? who?
The Lord for strength renowned;
In battle mighty, o'er His foes
Eternal victor crowned.
Lift up your heads, ye gates, unfold
In state to entertain
The King of glory; see, He comes
With all His shining train.
Who is the King of glory? who?
The Lord of hosts renowned;
Of glory He alone is King,
Who is with glory crowned.
WHERE high the heavenly temple stands,
The house of God, not made with hands,
The great High Priest our nature wears,
The Guardian of mankind appears.
Though now ascended up on high,
He bends on earth a Brother's eye;
And still remembers in the skies
His tears, His prayers, His agonies.
In every pang that rends the heart
The "Man of sorrows" hath a part,
He sympathises with our grief,
And to the sufferer sends relief.
With boldness therefore at the throne
Let us make all our sorrows known,
And ask the aid of heavenly power
To help us in the evil hour.
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