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Text: | Thine Is the Glory |
Author: | Edmond Louis Budry |
Translator: | R. Birch Hoyle |
Tune: | JUDAS MACCABEUS |
Composer: | George Frederick Handel |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Thine is the glory,
risen, conquering Son;
endless is the victory
thou o'er death hast won.
Angels in bright raiment
rolled the stone away,
kept the folded grave-clothes
where thy body lay.
Refrain:
Thine is the glory,
risen, conquering Son;
endless is the victory
thou o'er death hast won.
2 Lo! Jesus meets us,
risen from the tomb;
lovingly he greets us,
scatters fear and gloom.
Let the church with gladness
hymns of triumph sing,
for the Lord now liveth;
death hath lost its sting. [Refrain]
3 No more we doubt thee,
glorious Prince of life!
Life is naught without thee;
aid us in our strife.
Make us more than conquerors
through thy deathless love;
bring us safe through Jordan
to thy home above. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Thine is the glory |
Title: | Thine Is the Glory |
Author: | Edmond Louis Budry (1884) |
Translator: | R. Birch Hoyle (1923, alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son |
Meter: | 5.5.6.5.6.5.6.5 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ: Resurrection(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | JUDAS MACCABEUS |
Composer: | George Frederick Handel (1748) |
Meter: | 5.5.6.5.6.5.6.5 with refrain |
Key: | E♭ Major |
This Easter text, first in French and later in English, was written to fit the music, a chorus created for Handel’s oratorio Joshua and moved to Judas Maccabeus in 1751. It grew widely popular following its use at the First Assembly of the World Council of Churches in 1948.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |