Text: | Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands |
Author: | Martin Luther |
Translator: | Richard Massie |
Tune: | CHRIST LAG |
1 Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands
For our offenses given,
But now at God's right hand he stands
And brings us life from heaven;
Wherefore let us joyful be
And sing to God right thankfully
Loud songs of Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 It was a strange and dreadful strife
When life and death contended;
The victory remained with life;
The reign of death was ended.
Stripped of power, no more he reigns,
An empty form alone remains;
His sting is lost forever! Alleluia!
3 So let us keep the festival
Whereto the Lord invites us.
Christ is himself the joy of all,
The Sun that warms and lights us;
By his grace he does impart
Eternal sunshine to the heart;
The night of sin is ended! Alleluia!
4 Then let us feast this Easter Day
On the true Bread of heaven;
The Word of grace has purged away
The old and wicked leaven.
Christ alone our souls will feed;
He is our meat and drink indeed;
Faith lives upon no other! Alleluia!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands |
Title: | Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands |
Translator: | Richard Massie (1854, alt.) |
Author: | Martin Luther (1524) |
Meter: | P.M. |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christian Year: Easter Day |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CHRIST LAG |
Meter: | P.M. |
Key: | d minor or modal |
Source: | Johann Walther's Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn, 1524 |
Notes: | As in The Methodist Hymnal, 1966 |