Take 1
Easter Anthems 2010 - Take 1 (click)
(Recorded from Alto and Bass side of the stage. Filtered 10.3kHz by -24dB, amplified overall by +3dB. Also amplified second anthem by additional +3dB. Exported to 24-bit MP3 format.)
Take 2
Easter Anthems 2010 - Take 2 (click)
(Recorded from close to centre of the stage. Filtered 10.3kHz by -24dB, amplified overall by +3dB. Also amplified second anthem by additional +3dB. Exported to 24-bit MP3 format.)
Celebrate Jesus
Words and Music by Gary Oliver (1988)
Celebrate Jesus, celebrate,
Celebrate Jesus, celebrate!
Celebrate Jesus, celebrate,
Celebrate Jesus, celebrate!
He is risen, He is risen,
And He lives forever more;
He is risen, He is risen.
Come on and celebrate
The resurrection of our Lord.
Love Faced A Cross
Words and Music by Michael E. Parks (1989)
The Love of God was sent from heaven
As part of His redemptive plan;
And on a wind-swept hill called Calvary,
God’s love was plainly shown to man.
For, hanging there between two robbers,
Was His precious, holy Son,
Who would give His life a ransom
For the deeds mankind had done.
Chorus:
Love faced a cross for you and me,
And Love would pay the price to set us free.
He bore the punishment for our iniquity;
Love faced a cruel cross there on Calvary.
No greater love can we imagine
Than the love that was displayed
When Jesus walked the road to Calvary
And for us His life He gave.
And through the power of His atonement,
Death became an open door
That would lead us to the Father,
There to live forever more.
Chorus (x2)
Sing Alleluia
Words by Charles Wesley (1739), Music Susan Naylor Callaway
Christ the Lord is risen today,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Love’s redeeming work is done,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Soar we now where Christ has led,
Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head,
Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise,
Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies,
Sing Alleluia, Alleluia!
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!