Easter Hymns
125 public-domain hymns with full lyrics, free to turn into slides.
Easter hymns proclaim the heart of the Christian faith: Christ is risen. With trumpet-bright texts like "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" and "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today," they turn the empty tomb into congregational song and carry the alleluias of Easter morning.
These public-domain resurrection hymns are free to sing and project. Assemble slides for Easter Sunday, a sunrise service, or any Sunday in the great fifty days of Eastertide.
Hymns in this collection
- 'Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies UMH 282
- 'Tis Midnight and On Olive's Brow OHP 2
- A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing SDA 228
- A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth OHP 5
- Ah, Holy Jesus UMH 289
- Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed UMH 294
- Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed UMH 359
- Alas! and did my Saviour bleed? BHB 6
- All Glory, Laud, and Honor UMH 280
- Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise OHP 11
- And Can It Be that I Should Gain UMH 363
- Around Thy grave, Lord Jesus BHB 13
- At The Cross GHS 80
- At The Lamb's High Feast OHP 17
- Awake, My Heart, With Gladness OHP 20
- Behold the Savior of Mankind UMH 293
- Behold! a spotless Victim dies BHB 16
- Behold! Behold the Lamb of God BHB 30
- Beneath the Cross of Jesus UMH 297
- Blest morning, whose first dawning rays BHB 370
- Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow UMH 379
- Brethren, let us join to bless BHB 20
- Bright with all His crowns of glory BHB 31
- Canticle of Christ's Obedience UMH 167b
- Christ Arose OHP 28
- Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands UMH 319
- Christ the Lord is risen on high! BHB 37
- Christ the Lord is Risen Today UMH 302
- Christ The Lord Is Risen Today (Lyra) OHP 30
- Christ's grave is vacant now BHB 32
- Come ye, who bow to sovereign grace BHB 334
- Come, every joyful heart BHB 375
- Come, Let Us Sing SDA 252
- Come, Let Us with Our Lord Arise FWS 2084
- Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain UMH 315
- Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain UMH 315b
- Come, You Faithful SDA 169
- Crown Him with Many Crowns UMH 327
- Crowned with thorns upon the tree BHB 42
- Crowns of glory ever bright BHB 44
- Easter Vigil of Day UMH 320
- Father of peace, and God of love BHB 380
- Go to Dark Gethsemane UMH 290
- Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise UMH 312
- Hail Thee, Festival Day UMH 324
- Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus UMH 325
- Hallelujah! What a Savior UMH 165
- He dies! He dies! The lowly Man of sorrows BHB 390
- He Never Said a Mumbalin' Word UMH 291
- He Rose UMH 316
- Hosanna, Loud Hosanna UMH 278
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives OHP 67
- In the Cross of Christ I Glory UMH 295
- Jesus Christ Is Risen Today OHP 81
- Jesus Christ Who Came to Save OHP 82
- Jesus Christ, Thou King of Glory BHB 110
- Jesus, In Thy Dying Woes OHP 87
- Jesus, our Lord, with what joy we adore Thee BHB 402
- Jesus! Source of life eternal BHB 115
- Lead Me To Calvary GHS 81
- Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious; BHB 127
- Look, You Saints! the Sight Is Glorious SDA 165
- Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor OHP 102
- Low in the grave He lay BHB 344
- Man of Sorrows! what a name BHB 147
- My Song Is Love Unknown FWS 2083
- No bone of Thee was broken BHB 167
- Now the Green Blade Rises SDA 175
- Now the Green Blade Riseth UMH 311
- O head, once filled with bruises BHB 187
- O Lamb of God! 'tis joy to know BHB 196
- O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done UMH 287
- O Love, How Deep UMH 267
- O Love, How Deep, How Broad SDA 148
- O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High OHP 133
- O Mary, Don't You Weep UMH 134
- O Our Saviour, crucified! BHB 210
- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded UMH 286
- O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing UMH 317
- O wondrous hour, when Jesus, Thou BHB 433
- Our great Redeemer liveth! This assurance BHB 437
- Over Kidron Jesus Treadeth OHP 146
- Praise thy Saviour, O my soul! BHB 230
- Psalm 150 UMH 862
- Psalm 22:1-18, 25-31 UMH 752
- Rejoice, the Lord Is King UMH 715
- Ride On in Majesty SDA 160
- See, The Lord Ascends In Triumph OHP 156
- Sing with All the Saints in Glory UMH 702
- Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle UMH 296
- Son of God, 'twas love that made Thee BHB 250
- Soon Shall the Trump of God SDA 419
- Sound the high praises of Jesus, the King! BHB 247
- Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted OHP 161
- Tell Me the Stories of Jesus UMH 277
- The Day of Resurrection UMH 303
- The Finished The Messiah Dies GHS 247
- The happy morn is come; BHB 268
- The Head That Once Was Crowned UMH 326
- The Head that once was crowned with thorns BHB 269
- The Heart That Was Broken For Me GHS 74
- The Lamb of God to slaughter led BHB 271
- The Lord is risen indeed! BHB 275
- The Lord is risen: now death's dark judgment flood BHB 277
- The Lord of Glory! Who is He? BHB 276
- The love that Jesus had for me BHB 282
- The Old Rugged Cross UMH 504
- The Strife Is O'er SDA 172
- The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done UMH 306
- There is a green hill far away BHB 455
- Thine Be the Glory UMH 308
- Thine Is the Glory SDA 171
- Throned Upon the Awful Tree SDA 161
- Tis past, the dark and dreary night. BHB 304
- Twas love that sought Gethsemane BHB 297
- Up from the Grave He Arose UMH 322
- We saw Thee not when Thou didst come BHB 461
- We Walk by Faith FWS 2196
- Were You There UMH 288
- What Wondrous Love Is This UMH 292
- When I See The Blood GHS 37
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross UMH 299
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross UMH 298
- Who Is He in Yonder Stall UMH 190
- Worthy, worthy is the Lamb! BHB 328
Frequently asked questions
What hymns are traditionally sung on Easter Sunday?
"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today," "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today," "The Day of Resurrection," "Thine Be the Glory," and "Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain" are classic Easter-morning hymns, all included in this public-domain collection.
Can I use these for a sunrise or Holy Week service?
Yes. These resurrection hymns suit Easter sunrise services and the Sundays of Eastertide. For Good Friday and Holy Week you may want quieter texts from the passion tradition, several of which appear in our communion and repentance collections.
