231. Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers

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Text Information
First Line: Christ has risen while earth slumbers
Title: Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers
Author: Graham Maule (1988)
Author: John L. Bell (1988)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ: Resurrection (1 more...)
Copyright: © 1988 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.)
ONE LICENSE: 12402
Tune Information
Name: SUO GAN
Arranger: Alfred V. Fedak (2011)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.D
Key: D Major
Source: Welsh melody
Copyright: Arr. © 2011 Alfred V. Fedak


Text Information:

Beginning with rather conventional Easter imagery, this text moves into unexpected territory by declaring that Christ’s Resurrection is for “all whose lives are messed or mangled, all who find religion strange.” The name of this traditional Welsh melody simply means “lullaby.”


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