Easter
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
- Words:
- 14th Century Bohemian Latin carol. Stanzas 1-3 translated in John Arnold's Compleat Psalmist, 1749.
- Music:
- 'Easter Hymn' from Lyra Davidica, 1708.
- Setting:
- composite found in "Church Praise: with tunes", 1885.
- Metre:
- 7 7 7 7 with Alleluias
- 1Jesus Christ is ris'n today,Alleluia!Our triumphant holy day,Alleluia!Who did once, upon the cross,Alleluia!Suffer to redeem our loss,Alleluia!
- 2Hymns of praise then let us sing,Alleluia!Unto Christ, our heav'nly King,Alleluia!Who endured the cross and grave,Alleluia!Sinners to redeem and save,Alleluia!
- 3But the pain which He endured,Alleluia!Our salvation hath procured,Alleluia!Now above the sky He's king,Alleluia!Where the angels ever sing,Alleluia!
- 4Sing we to our God above,Alleluia!Praise eternal as His love,Alleluia!Praise Him, all you heav'nly host,Alleluia!Father,Son, and Holy Ghost,Alleluia!
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 527 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Easter Hymn, is in 690 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.