The Collection of the Greatest Catholic Hymns. Henry Formby

the victim undefil'd,

       Man to God hath reconcil'd;

       Whilst in strange and awful strife

       Met together Death and Life.

       ⁠Christians, on this happy day

       ⁠Haste with joy your vows to pay;

       ⁠Christ the Lord is ris'n on high,

       ⁠Now He lives no more to die.

      Say, O wond'ring Mary, say,

       What thou sawest on thy way?

       "I beheld, where Christ had lain,

       Empty tomb and angels twain;

       ⁠I beheld the glory bright

       ⁠Of the rising Lord of light:

       ⁠Christ my hope is ris'n again,

       ⁠Now He lives, and lives to reign."

      Christ, who once for sinners bled,

       Now the firstborn from the dead,

       Thron'd in endless might and power,

       Lives and reigns for evermore.

       ⁠Hail, eternal Hope on high!

       ⁠Hail, Thou King of victory!

       ⁠Hail, Thou Prince of life ador'd!

       ⁠Help and save us, gracious Lord!