Hymn
He Is Risen
He is risen, He is risen;
Tell it out with joyful voice:
He has burst His three days' prison;
Let the whole wide earth rejoice:
Death is conquer'd, man is free,
Christ has won the victory.
Come, ye sad and fearful-hearted,
With glad smile and radiant brow:
Lent's long shadows have departed;
All His woes are over now,
And the Passion that He bore:
Sin and pain can vex no more.
Come, with high and holy hymning,
Chant our Lord's triumphant lay;
Not one darksome cloud is dimming
Yonder glorious morning ray,
Breaking o'er the purple East,
Symbol of our Easter feast.
He is risen, He is risen:
He hath opened heaven's gate:
We are free from sin's dark prison,
Risen to a holier state;
And a brighter Easter beam
On our longing eyes shall stream.
He Is Risen — Text from The Church Hymnal, 1920. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/he-is-risen-2
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote He Is Risen?
The words of He Is Risen were written by Cecil Francis Alexander; the version here was published in 1920.
Is He Is Risen public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Church Hymnal, published in 1920. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of He Is Risen?
He Is Risen is in 8.7.8.7.7.7. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, "Whosoever Will", Once in Royal David's City and Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty.