Christ is Risen

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Christ who left his home in glory

Author: Abram Bowman Kolb (1896)
Tune: [Christ who left His home in glory]
Published in 7 hymnals

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1 Christ who left His home in glory,
And upon the cross was slain,
Now is ris’n! Oh, tell the story,
That the Saviour lives again.

Refrain:
Hail Him! Hail Him!
Tell the story;
Hail! all hail!
Jesus lives forevermore.

2 While the world in peace was sleeping,
Early on that Easter day,
Came the faithful women, weeping,
But the stone was rolled away. [Refrain]

3 Christ, our loving Mediator,
Now with God for you and me
Intercedes, and our Creator
Hears and answers ev'ry plea. [Refrain]

Source: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #802

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Author: Abram Bowman Kolb

Born: November 10, 1862, near Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, Canada. Died: March 15, 1925. Buried: Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana. After graduating from high school, Kolb taught for four years, including a year in America, where his pupils reportedly included Orville and Wilbur Wright, later inventors of the airplane. In 1886, Kolb moved to Elkhart, Indiana, and became an assistant editor at the Mennonite Publishing Company owned by John F. Funk. He eventually worked his way up to serve as editor-in-chief, then vice-president of the company until a year before his death. He also edited Words of Cheer and Herald der Wahrheit, and translated many manuscripts being prepared for publication, among them the Enchiridion of Anaba… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Christ who left his home in glory
Title:	Christ is Risen
Author:	Abram Bowman Kolb (1896)
Meter:	8.7.8.7 with refrain
Refrain First Line:	Hail Him! Hail Him!