Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: The Saviour ris'n today we praise
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Hymn Number: Psalm 18
Page Number: 042, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHE Saviour risn' to-day 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 nought;
'Twas greater to redeem.
How vain the stone, the watch, the seal!
Nought 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 be come again,
Who saves our souls from wrath.