Easter
Christ Arose
- Words:
- Robert Lowry, 1874. Music and Setting: 'Christ Arose' Robert Lowry, 1874.
- 1Low in the grave He lay Jesus my Savior!Waiting the coming day‐ Jesus my Lord!Up from the grave He arose,With a mighty triumph o'er His foes;He arose a Victor from the dark domain,And He lives forever with His saints to reign.He arose!He arose!Hallelujah!Christ arose!
- 2Vainly they watch His bed‐ Jesus my Savior!Vainly they seal the dead‐ Jesus my Lord!Up from the grave He arose,With a mighty triumph o'er His foes;He arose a Victor from the dark domain,And He lives forever with His saints to reign.He arose!He arose!Hallelujah!Christ arose!
- 3Death cannot keep his prey‐ Jesus my Savior!He tore the bars away‐ Jesus my Lord!Up from the grave He arose,With a mighty triumph o'er His foes;He arose a Victor from the dark domain,And He lives forever with His saints to reign.He arose!He arose!Hallelujah!Christ arose!
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- Written in 1874, the words are in 542 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Christ Arose, is in 448 hymnals. The tune →
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. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. 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.