Come, Ye, Lift Your Joyous Voices

Come

ye

lift your joy­ous voic­es

Raise your East­er an­them high;

Now once more the Church re­joic­es—

Triumphs in Christ’s vic­to­ry.

He is slain

the Vic­tim ho­ly

He is ris­en

migh­ty Priest;

So be­fore Him

bend­ing low­ly

Let us keep His glo­ri­ous feast.

Christ is ris­en! Now no long­er

Hades holds the Lord of life;

Death is strong

but Christ is strong­er

He hath con­quered in the strife.

Once for us He crossed the riv­er

Now for aye He lives and reigns

Of eter­nal life the Giv­er

Sees the fruits of all His pains.

That new life with us spring­ing

Die we daily un­to sin;

Every id­ol bold­ly fling­ing

From the throne of Christ with­in.

Christ is ris­en! He in dy­ing

Rent apart the tem­ple veil;

By His ris­ing proof sup­ply­ing

That His pow’r can nev­er fail.

Though in Ad­am ev­ery mor­tal

Dies at the ap­point­ed hour

Yet is Ha­des’ gloomy por­tal

Conquered by the Sav­ior’s pow­er.

Glory

glo­ry

nev­er ceas­ing

Unto Fa­ther

Spir­it

Son!

Praise and bless­ing

still in­creas­ing

To our God

the Three in One.