1 Let the merry church bells ring!
Hence with tears and sighing,
Frost and cold hath fled from spring,
Life hath conquered dying;
Flow’rs are smiling, fields are gay,
Sunny is the weather,
With our rising Lord today,
All things rise together,
All things rise together.
Refrain:
Let the merry church bells ring!
Ring! ring! ring!
Let the merry church bells ring!
Ring! ring! ring!
2 Let the birds sing out again
From their leafy chapel,
Praising him, with whom in vain,
Death has sought to grapple;
Sounds of joy rise loud and clear,
As the breezes flutter;
“Christ is risen, he’s not here,”
Is the strain they utter,
Is the strain they utter. [Refrain]
3 Now the night of grief is past,
Joy the morning giveth;
Christ the Lord was slain for us,
But today he liveth;
Ev’ry heart is glad and gay,
Sorrow from us driven;
This the joy of Easter day,
Christ the Lord is risen,
Christ the Lord is risen. [Refrain]
Source: Triumphant Songs No.2 #182
John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly temperament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files