Christ the Lord is risen to-day: Christians, haste your vows to pay; Offer ye your praises meet At the Paschal Victim's feet; For the sheep the Lamb hath bled, Sinless in the sinner's stead. Christ the Lord is risen on high; Now he lives, no more to die. Christ, the Victim undefiled, Man to God hath reconciled; When 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 risen 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 risen Lord of light: Christ my hope is risen again; Now He lives, and lives to reign." Christ, who once for sinners bled, Now the first-born from the dead, Throned in endless might and power, Lives and reigns forevermore. Hail, eternal hope on high! Hail, Thou King of victory! Hail, Thou Prince of Life adored! Help and save us, gracious Lord.