Easter

I know that my Redeemer lives;
What joy the blest assurance gives!
He lives, He lives, who once was dead;
He lives my everlasting Head!
~Samuel Medley (Tune: John Hatton)

Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
~Charles Wesley (Tune: Unknown)

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
   a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
   of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
And He will swallow up on this mountain
   the covering that is cast over all peoples,
   the veil that is spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death forever;
   and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
   and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth,
   for the Lord has spoken.
It will be said on that day,
   “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, that He might save us.
   This is the Lord; we have waited for Him;
   let us be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
~Isaiah 25:6-9