Text: | The strife is past, the battle done |
Author: | Francis Pott, 1832-1909 |
Tune: | VULPIUS |
Composer: | Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1615 |
1 The strife is past, the battle done;
now is the victor's triumph won;
now let the song of praise be sung:
Alleluia!
2 Death's mightiest powers have done their worst,
and Jesus has his foes dispersed;
let shouts of praise and joy outburst:
Alleluia!
3 On the third day he rose again
glorious in majesty to reign;
let us take up the great refrain:
Alleluia!
4 He closed the frowning gates of hell;
the bars from heaven’s high portals fell;
let hymns of praise his triumph tell:
Alleluia!
5 Now by your stripes, our wounded King,
your servants free from death's dread sting,
that we may live in you, and sing
'Alleluia!'
5 Lord, by the stripes which wounded thee,
from death’s dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live and sing to thee.
Alleluia!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The strife is past, the battle done |
Author: | Francis Pott, 1832-1909 (alt.) |
Meter: | 888 and alleluias |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Death; Evil; Festal Joy(4 more...) |
Source: | Anon. Latin, in Symphonia Sirenum Selectarum, Cologne, 1695 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VULPIUS |
Composer: | Melchior Vulpius, c. 1560-1615 |
Meter: | 888 and Alleluias |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | 'Gesangbuch', Jena, 1609 |