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"Now Is Christ Risen from the Dead"
text on the subject of the resurrection. The poet is British hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith. These lines of Easter rejoicing can be sung to LASST UNS ERFREUEN, the tune we usually use with "All Creatures of Our God and King." NOW IS CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD Now is Christ risen from the dead, now are the powers of darkness fled, Alleluia . . . Gone is the night of sin and gloom, Jesus is risen from the tomb. Alleluia . . . Now is Christ risen from the dead, empty there lies his narrow bed, Alleluia . . . Christ and his cross have won the day; come, see the grave in which he lay. Alleluia . . . Now is Christ risen from the dead, he who his blood for sinners shed Alleluia . . . In him who died to bear our sins our resurrection-life begins Alleluia . . . Now is Christ risen from the dead, risen and reigning as he said, Alleluia . . . Praise him who light and life restored, Praise him, our ever-living Lord! Alleluia . . . -Timothy Dudley-Smith, from A VOICE OF SINGING: 36 NEW HYMNS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1988 & 1992, c 1993 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. For permission to copy or use this hymn, please contact: Hope Publishing Company, 380 S. Main Place, Carol Stream, IL 60188 1-800-323-1049 Fax: (630) 665-3200 Email: permission@hopepublishing.com www.hopepublishing.com Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Happy Easter. Chip Stam Director, Institute for Christian Worship School of Church Music and Worship Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky www.carlstam.org www.sbts.edu |