Common Praise ‎#150

150. Love's redeeming work is done

1 Love's redeeming work is done;
fought the fight, the battle won:
lo, our Sun's eclipse is o'er,
lo, he sets in blood no more.

2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell;
death in vain forbids his rise;
Christ has opened paradise.

3 Lives again our glorious King;
where, O death, is now thy sting?
dying once, he all doth save;
where thy victory, O grave?

4 Soar we now where Christ has led,
following our exalted Head;
made like him, like him we rise;
ours the cross, the grave, the skies.

5 Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to thee by both be given:
thee we greet triumphant now;
hail, the Resurrection Thou!

Text Information

• First Line: Love's redeeming work is done
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Meter: 77 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:54-57
  ;
  Acts 2:24
  ;
  John 11:25
  ;
  Matthew 27:57-66
  ;
  Romans 6:5-9
• Topic: Easter; Easter Day: Year A; Easter III: Year B; Third Sunday Before Advent: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: SAVANNAH
• Meter: 77 77
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Melody from Herrnhut collection c. 1740 in John Wesley's Foundery Collection, 1742