The Savior Is Risen

The Sav­ior is ris­en

Light bursts from the tomb;

The liv­ing ful­fill­ment

Of Scrip­ture is come.

Adored by the an­gels

The Vic­tor comes forth

To claim for His king­dom

The ran­somed on earth.

The seal has been brok­en

The stone rolled away

And fled are the watch­ers

In fear and dis­may;

Hell trem­bles be­fore Him.

Hallelujah.

Light grap­pled with dark­ness

Death wres­tled with life;

Now light comes tri­umph­ant

From out the dread strife.

While death li­eth van­quished

Hope kin­dles again

The torch of the faith­ful

To shine among men.

Ye sor­rowing wo­men

Who hi­ther have sped

Why seek ye the liv­ing

Today ’mongst the dead?

For Je­sus is ris­en.

Hallelujah.

Now God in His Heav­en

And man are at one

The grave is a path­way

Through Christ

to the throne.

Ye friends that are bend­ing

In grief at the cross

Now lift your heads glad­ly

Ye suf­fered no loss.

O flock

scat­tered wide­ly

Return to the fold:

Thy Shep­herd still liv­eth

And now as of old

He lead­eth thee God-ward.

Hallelujah.

’Mid storms and up­hea­vals

His Church stands se­cure.

The truth of His Gos­pel

Shall ev­er en­dure.

Lo! un­to all peo­ples

His mes­sage shall speed

Proclaiming ’mid tur­moil

The Lord’s migh­ty deed

Proclaiming the Sav­ior

Who died for all men

And

hav­ing aris­en

Now liv­eth again

Firstfruits of the sleep­ing.

Hallelujah.

Then weep not

ye faith­ful

Yield not to des­pair:

The night soon is ov­er

The day shall app­ear.

Tho’ earth shall em­brace you

When death lays you low

The seed of His sow­ing

To har­vests will grow;

And soon shall the Sow­er

Return to His field

With an­gels to ga­ther

Its heav­en­ly yield

From ev­il tares sev­ered.

Hallelujah.