Let the Whole World Chant and Sing

Let the whole world chant and sing

Easter prais­es to our king;

Alleluia!

Rescued from the fie­ry riv­er

Let the blest ones sing for­ev­er;

Alleluia!

We

too

raise with hymn and song

Fullest prais­es loud and long:

Alleluia!

For our Lord for us has borne

All the bit­ter weight of scorn;

Alleluia!

Death’s sharp pain ’twas His to know;

His to drink the cup of woe;

Alleluia!

And from hands and feet and side

Flowed His life­blood’s crim­son tide;

Alleluia!

On Him our trans­gress­ions fell;

He for us went down to hell;

Alleluia!

He hath tri­umphed o’er the foe;

He hath wrought sin’s ov­er­throw;

Alleluia!

So

once more that East­er morn

He to high­er life was born

Alleluia!