This Joyful Eastertide
Away With Sin And Sorrow!
My Love, The Crucified,
Has Sprung To Life This Morrow.

Had Christ, Who Once Was Slain,
Not Burst His Three-Day Prison,
Our Faith Had Been In Vain:
But Now Is Christ Arisen, Arisen, Arisen;
But Now Is Christ Arisen!

Death’s Flood Has Lost Its Chill
Since Jesus Crossed The River;
Lover Of Souls, From Ill
My Passing Soul Deliver.

Had Christ, Who Once Was Slain,
Not Burst His Three-Day Prison,
Our Faith Had Been In Vain:
But Now Is Christ Arisen, Arisen, Arisen;
But Now Is Christ Arisen!

My Flesh In Hope Shall Rest
And For A Season Slumber
Till Trump From East To West
Shall Wake The Dead In Number.

Had Christ, Who Once Was Slain,
Not Burst His Three-Day Prison,
Our Faith Had Been In Vain:
But Now Is Christ Arisen, Arisen, Arisen;
But Now Is Christ Arisen!