195 - Easter

 

 

1. Jesus lives! thy terrors now

can no longer, death, appall us;

Jesus lives! by this we know thou,

O grave, canst not enthrall us. Al - le - lu - ia!

 

2. Jesus lives! for us he died;

then alone to Jesus living,

pure in heart may we abide,

glory to our Savior giving. Al - le - lu - ia!

 

 

 

 

3. 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. Al - le - lu - ia!

 

4. Jesus lives! To him the throne

over all the world is given:

may we go where he has gone,

rest and reign with him in heaven. Al - le - lu - ia!

 

 

 

Words: Christian Furchtegott Gellert (1715-1759); tr. Frances Elizabeth Cox (1812-1897), alt. Music: Mousley, Cyril Vincent Taylor (b. 1907) Music: Copyright 1985 by Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Used by permission in The Hymnal 1982.