Halleluia! Jesus Lives! - #188

"Halleluia! Jesus Lives!"
by Carl B. Garve, 1763-1841
Translated by Jane Borthwick, 1813-1897

1. Halleluia! Jesus Lives!
He is now the Living One;
From the gloomy house of death
Forth the Conqueror has gone,
Bright Forerunner to the skies
Of His people, yet to rise.

2. Jesus lives! Let all rejoice;
Praise Him, ransomed ones of earth.
Praise Him in a nobler song,
Cherubim of heavenly birth.
Praise the Victor-King, whose sway
Sin and death and hell obey.

3. Jesus lives! Why weepest thou?
Why that sad and frequent sigh?
He who died our Brother here
Lives our Brother still on high,
Lives forever to bestow
Blessings on His Church below.

4. Jesus Iives! And thus, my soul,
Life eternal waits for thee;
Joined to Him, thy living Head,
Where He is, thou, too, shalt be;
With Himself, at His right hand,
Victor over death shalt stand.

5. Jesus lives! To Him my heart
Draws with ever new delight.
Earthly vanities, depart,
Hinder not my heavenward flight.
Let this spirit ever rise
To its magnet in the skies.

6. Halleluja, angels, sing!
Join us in our hymn of praise,
Let your chorus swell the strain
Which our feebler voices raise:
Glory to our God above
And on earth His peace and love!

The Lutheran Hymnal
Hymn #188 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
Text: John 20:15
Author: Carl B. Garve, 1825, cento
Translated by: Jane Borthwick, 1862
Titled: "Halleluja, Christus lebt"
Composer: Ludvig M. Lindeman, 1871
Tune: "Fred til Bod"