Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen! Archer Thompson Gurney* (1820-1887).
This Easter hymn is from Gurney’s A Book of Praise (1862), one of several books by him (see JJ, p. 474). One of the earliest books to use it was Church Hymns with Tunes (1874), in which it was given a tune, RESURREXIT, by the music editor, Arthur Sullivan*, to fit the unusual metre of 8.7.8.7.7.5.7.5.8.7.8.7. It had three stanzas, with a refrain:
Christ is risen! Christ is risen! He hath burst His bonds in twain! Christ is risen! Christ is risen! Earth and Heaven, prolong the strain! He who suffered pain and loss, In His love to us, Dying on the bitter Cross, Lives victorious!
Christ is risen!...
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