The day of resurrection!
Earth tell it out abroad,
The passover of gladness,
The passover of God.
From death to life eternal,
From sin’s dominion free,
Our Christ has brought us over
With hymns of victory.

Let hearts be purged of evil
That we might see aright
The Lord in rays eternal
Of resurrection light
And, list’ning to His accents,
May hear, so calm and plain,
His own “All hail!” and hearing,
May raise the victor strain.

Now let the heav’ns be joyful,
Let earth its song begin,
Let all the world keep triumph
And all that is therein.
Let all things, seen and unseen,
Their notes of gladness blend;
For Christ the Lord has risen,
Our joy that has no end.

(“The Day of Resurrection” stanzas 1,2, and 3; a hymn text by John of Damascus in the 8th century, translated by John Mason Neale in the 19th century; hymn 478 in “Lutheran Service Book,” a 2006 hymnal from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO)