All hail! O glorious Son of God,
In triumph risen again!
All heaven resounds with joyful land
The songs of ransomed men!
The mighty chains of death are riven!
The Risen Christ is throned in heaven!

O joy! the Second Adam stands
Within God’s Paradise!
No longer barred by flaming brands,
The shining pathway lies:
Within, the glorious Head has passed:
Each member must be there at last!

Behind us lie the cross and grave;
Before, eternal bliss,
Where blossoms, from the garden cave,
The Tree of Righteousness!
The Face that shame and spitting bore,
Is crowned with radiance evermore!

Before Thee, Lord, in shining hosts,
Thy mighty angels bend!
Thy saved ones, from a thousand coasts,
Their psalms of victory blend!
I join that song, so passing sweet!
I cast my crown before Thy feet!