CPWI Hymnal ‎#173

173. 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: 7.7.7.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Easter

Tune Information

• Name: SAVANNAH
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Moravian, published in Wesley's Foundery Collection, 1742