The Cyber Hymnal ‎#847

847. Christ the Lord is Risen Today (Leeson)

1. Christ the Lord is risen today;
Christians, haste your vows to pay;
Offer ye your praises meet
At the Paschal Victim’s feet.
For the sheep the Lamb hath bled,
Sinless in the sinner’s stead;
Christ is risen, today we cry;
Now He lives no more to die.

2. Christ, the Victim undefiled,
Man to God hath reconciled;
Whilst in strange and awful strife
Met together Death and Life:
Christians, on this happy day
Haste with joy your vows to pay;
Christ is risen, today we cry;
Now He lives no more to die.

3. Christ, who once for sinners bled,
Now the first born from the dead,
Throned in endless might and power,
Lives and reigns forevermore.
Hail, eternal Hope on high!
Hail, Thou King of victory!
Hail, Thou Prince of life adored!
Help and save us, gracious Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ the Lord is risen today
• Title: Christ the Lord is Risen Today (Leeson)
• Latin Title: Victimae Paschali
• Author: Anonymous (11th or 12th century)
• Translator (from Latin): Jane E. Leeson
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Language: English
• Source: Catholic Hymns, by Henry Formby, 1853
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
• Composer: George Job Elvey (1858)
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Incipit: 33531 23335 31233
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain