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HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!

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BP. CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, (1807-1885) 1862.

1. Hallelujah! Hal-le- lu-jah! Hearts to heaven and voices raise; 2. Now the iron bars are broken, Christ from death to life is born, 3. Christ is ris-en, Christ the first-fruits Of the ho ly har-vest field, 4. Christ is risen, we are ris - en, Shed up - on us heaven-ly grace,

Sing to God

a hymn of gladness, and life im-mor-tal, its full a bundance

Glorious life,
Which with all

a hymn of praise. ly Eas-ter morn:

Sing to God
On this ho
At His second coming yield;
Rain and dew and gleams of glory From the brightness of Thy face,

He who on the cross a vic-tim For the world's sal va-tion bled, Christ has triumphed and we conquer By His victory o'er the grave; Then the gold - en ears of har-vest With their heads be-fore Him wave, That we, with our hearts in heaven, Here on earth may fruitful be,

1. The strife is o'er, the battle done; The vic - to- ry of life is 2. The powers of death have done their worst, But Christ their legions hath dis 3. The three sad days have quick-ly sped; He rises glorious from the

won: O let the song of praise be sung, persed; Let shouts of holy joy out-burst, dead; All glory to our ris en Head!

D. S.

Hal-le-lujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! A-men.

4 He closed the yawning gates of hell;
The bars from heaven's high portals fell:
Let hymns of praise His triumphs tell.
Hallelujah!

5 Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee,
From death's dread sting Thy servants free,
That we may live and sing to Thee,

Hallelujah!