Text: | Jesus lives! thy terrors now |
Author: | Christian Gellert, 1715-69 |
Translator: | Frances Cox, 1812-97 |
Tune: | ST ALBINUS |
Composer: | H. J. Gauntlett, 1805-76 |
1 Jesus lives! Thy terrors now
Can, O Death, no more appal us;
Jesus lives! by this we know
Thou, O grave, canst not enthral us.
Alleluya!
2 Jesus lives! henceforth is death
But the gate of life immortal;
This shall calm our trembling breath,
When we pass its gloomy portal.
Alleluya!
3 Jesus lives! for us he died;
Then, alone to Jesus living,
Pure in heart may we abide,
Glory to our Saviour giving.
Alleluya!
4 Jesus lives! our hearts know well
Nought from us his love shall sever;
Life, nor death, nor powers of hell
Tear us from his keeping ever.
Alleluya!
5 Jesus lives! to him the throne
Over all the world is given;
May we go where he is gone,
Rest and reign with him in heaven.
Alleluya!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus lives! thy terrors now |
Author: | Christian Gellert, 1715-69 |
Translator: | Frances Cox, 1812-97 (alt.) |
Meter: | 78 784 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Eastertide; Funerals and The Departed |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST ALBINUS |
Composer: | H. J. Gauntlett, 1805-76 |
Meter: | 78 784 |
Key: | C Major |