Hymn
Resurrection Song
Sing with all the sons of glory,
Sing the resurrection song!
Death and sorrow, earth's dark story,
To the former days belong.
All around the clouds are breaking,
Soon the storms of earth shall cease,
In God's likeness, man awaking,
Knows the everlasting peace.
Sing aloud the glad refrain,
Our Redeemer lives again!
Sing aloud the glad refrain,
Our Redeemer lives again.
O what glory, far exceeding
All that eye has yet perceived!
Holiest hearts, for ages pleading,
Never that full joy conceived.
God has promised, Christ prepares it,
There on high our welcome waits;
Every humble spirit shares it,
Christ has passed th’eternal gates.
Life eternal! heav’n rejoices,
Jesus lives who once was dead;
Join, O man, the deathless voices,
Child of God, lift up thy head!
Patriarchs from the distant ages,
Saints all longing for their heav’n,
Prophets, psalmists, seers and sages,
All await the glory giv’n.
Resurrection Song — Text from Hymns We Love, 1907. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/resurrection-song
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Resurrection Song?
The words of Resurrection Song were written by William J. Irons; the version here was published in 1907.
Is Resurrection Song public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Hymns We Love, published in 1907. 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 Resurrection Song?
Resurrection Song is in 8.7.8.7 D. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Farther on, but how much farther, Is Not This the Land of Beulah? and The Dying Christian.