Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: The Saviour ris'n today we praise
Topic: Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 114
Page Number: 123, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe Saviour ris'n today we praise,
In concert with the blest;
For now we see his work complete
And enter into rest.
On this first day, a brighter scene
Of glory was display'd
By the creating word, than when
The universe was made.
He rises, who mankind has bought
With grief and pain extreme;
'Twas great to speak the world from naught
'Twas greater to redeem.
How vain the stone, the watch, the seal!
Naught can forbid his rise;
'Tis he who shuts the gates of hell,
And opens Paradise.
Let us his righteousness proclaim;
We celebrate his death:
And rising - till he come again,
Who saves our souls from wrath.