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Text:"Christ is alive" let Christians Sing!
Author:Brian Wren (b. 1936)
Tune:MORTLAKE
Composer:Arthur Bliss (b. 1891)

70. "Christ is alive" let Christians Sing!

1 “Christ is alive” Let Christians sing!
His cross stands empty to the sky.
Let streets and homes with praises ring;
His love in death shall never die.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 Christ is alive! No longer bound
To distant years in Palestine,
He comes to claim the here and now
And conquer every place and time.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 Not throned above, remotely high,,
Untouched, unmoved by human pains,
But daily, in the midst of life,
Our Saviour with the Father reigns.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 In every insult, rift, and war,
Where color, scorn, or wealth divide,
He suffers still, yet loves the more,
And lives, though ever crucified.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

5 Christ is alive! Ascendant Lord,
He rules the world his Father made,
Till in the end, his love adored
Shall be to every man displayed.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: "Christ is alive" Let Christians sing
Title: "Christ is alive" let Christians Sing!
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1971
Topic: Resurrection and Pentecost
Copyright: Used by permission
ONE LICENSE: 00268
Tune Information
Name: MORTLAKE
Composer: Arthur Bliss (b. 1891)
Meter: 8.8.8.8. with Alleluias
Copyright: Used by permission



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