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A HYMN FOR TODAY – Christ, the Lord, Is Ris’n Today

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

Christ, the Lord, is ris’n today,
Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say,
Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high,
Alleluia!
Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply,
Alleluia!

Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,
Alleluia!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell,
Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids His rise,
Alleluia!
Christ hath opened paradise,
Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King,
Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save,
Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave?
Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ hath led,
Alleluia!
Foll’wing our exalted head,
Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise,
Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies,
Alleluia!

7.7.7.7 with alleluias – Charles Wesley, 1739

Tune: Worgan – Walsh’s Lyra Davidica (1708)
arr. Arnold’s Compleat Psalmodist (1741)

#251 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012

A HYMN FOR TODAY – And Can It Be That I Should Gain?

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior’s blood?
Died He for me who caused His pain,
For me who scorned His perfect love?

You left Your Father’s throne above –
So free and infinite Your grace –
Emptied Yourself of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race.

Boldly I come before Your throne,
To claim Your mercy immense and free.
No greater love will e’er be known,
For, O my God, it found out me.

[Chorus]
Amazing love! How can it be
That You, my God, should die for me?
Amazing love! How can it be
That You, my God, should die for me?

Irr. – Charles Wesley, 1738 (arr. Bob Kauflin)

Tune: Bob Kauflin, 1988 (arr. Mathew L. Harber)

#451 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012

A HYMN FOR TODAY – O For a Heart To Praise My God

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

O for a heart to praise my God,

A heart from sin set free,

A heart that always feels the blood

So freely shed for me.

A heart resigned, submissive, meek,

My great Redeemer’s throne,

Where only Christ is heard to speak,

Where Jesus reigns alone.

A heart in every thought renewed,

And full of love divine,

Complete and right and pure and good,

A copy, Lord, of Thine.

Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;

Come quickly from above;

Write Thy new name upon my heart,

Thy new, best name of Love.

CMD, Charles Wesley, 1742

Tune: GOSHEN, 1789, arr. Charles Willis, 2011

#492 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012