Christ My Song - 1342

Rejoice, the Lord is risen
(Thomas Kelly/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Rejoice, the Lord is risen.

"And your joy no man taketh from you." (John 16,22)

1. Rejoice, the Lord is ris'n;
let all his friends rejoice;
this day the Lord has left his pris'n;
the grave has heard his voice. PDF - Midi

2. The grave has felt his pow'r,
and yielded up his prey;
for darkness had its fearful hour;
but now again 'tis day.

3. The Lord is ris'n indeed;
and he will die no more.
He lives again, and lives to plead,
the mercy-seat before.

4. We see him not, 'tis true;
but still we may be glad.
The work is done he came to do;
then why should we be sad?

5. The Lord who risen is,
whose place is now in heav'n,
will come again: rejoice in this,
all pow'r to him is giv'n.

6. And when the Lord appears,
his people then are blessed.
A place in heav'n is theirs; and theirs
an everlasting rest.

Thomas Kelly, Hymns on various passages of Scripture, ca. 1853, Hymn 30.