Praise
Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise
- Words:
- Christopher Wordsworth, 1865.
- Music:
- 'Ode to Joy' Ludwig van Beethoven; Adapted by Edward Hodges, 1824.
- Setting:
- "The Methodist Hymnal", 1905.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7
- 1Alleluia, alleluia!Hearts to Heav'n and voices raise:Sing to God a hymn of gladness,sing to God a hymn of praise.He, who on the cross a Victim,for the world's salvation bled,Jesus Christ, the King of glory,now is risen from the dead.
- 2Now the iron bars are broken,Christ from death to life is born,Glorious life, and life immortal,on the holy Easter morn.Christ has triumphed, and we conquerby His mighty enterprise:We with Him to life eternalby His resurrection rise.
- 3Christ is risen, Christ, the first fruitsof the holy harvest field,Which will all its full abundanceat His second coming yield:Then the golden ears of harvestwill their heads before Him wave,Ripened by His glorious sunshinefrom the furrows of the grave.
- 4Christ is risen, we are risen!Shed upon us heav'nly grace,Rain and dew and gleams of gloryfrom the brightness of Thy face;That we, with our hearts in Heaven,here on earth may fruitful be,And by angel hands be gathered,and be ever, Lord, with Thee.
- 5Alleluia, alleluia!Glory be to God on high;Alleluia! to the Saviorwho has gained the victory;Alleluia! to the Spirit,fount of love and sanctity:Alleluia, alleluia!to the Triune Majesty.
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 3 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.