Christian Worship ‎#248

248. Life Is Good, For God Contrives It

1 Life is good, for God contrives it,
Deep on deep its wonder lies;
Death is good for man survives it,
Lives again in better guise:
This they knew the night they hailed Him,
When He came thro' that which veiled Him,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Smiling, wonderful, and wise.

2 Failure cuts the way to triumph,
Winter shapes the leaves of spring;
Easter came because the Master
Loved the light of truth to bring.
Vainly priests in hatred slew Him:
He came back, His loved ones knew Him,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting?

3 Lord, in Thee shines man's perfection—
Kind and selfless, strong, and brave;
And Thy life and resurrection
Tells of joy beyond the grave.
All mankind is nobled thro' Thee;
All are brothers coming to Thee,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Thine the power to guide and save.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Life is good, for God contrives it
• Title: Life Is Good, For God Contrives It
• Author: Percy Dearmer, 1867-
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1941
• Topic: Resurrection
• Source: Words from "The English Hymnal."
• Copyright: By permission of the Oxford University Press.
• Notes: Now Public Domain; Joyfully

Tune Information

• Name: TREFAENAN
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.7.
• Incipit: 34313 43134 31767
• Key: D Major
• Source: From a Welsh traditional melody
• Copyright: Arrangement of music copyright, 1935, by Whitmore and Smith, Nashville, Tenn. Used by permission.