Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, Dass du vom Tod erstanden bist

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Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, Dass du vom Tod erstanden bist

Author (st. 1): Nikolaus Herman (1560); Author (st. 2): Thomas Hartmann (1604)
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	Easter Comes Again

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1 Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ,
daß du vom Tod erstanden bist
und hast dem Tod zerstört sein Macht
und uns zum Leben wiederbracht.
Halleluja.

2 Wir bitten dich durch deine Gnad:
nimm von uns unsre Missetat
und hilf uns durch die Güte dein,
daß wir dein treuen Dienre sein.
Halleluja.

3 Gott Vater in dem höchsten Thron
samt seinem eingebornen Sohn,
dem HeilgenGeist in gleicher Weis
in Ewigkeit sei Lob und Preis!
Halleluja.

Source: Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen): Antwort finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten #107

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Author (st. 1): Nikolaus Herman

Herman, Nicolaus, is always associated with Joachimsthal in Bohemia, just over the mountains from Saxony. The town was not of importance till the mines began to be extensively worked about 1516. Whether Herman was a native of this place is not known, but he was apparently there in 1518, and was certainly in office there in 1524. For many years he held the post of Master in the Latin School, and Cantor or Organist and Choirmaster in the church. Towards the end of his life he suffered greatly from gout, and had to resign even his post as Cantor a number of years before his death. He died at Joachimsthal, May 3, 1561. (Koch, i. 390-398; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 186-188, &c.) He was a great friend and helper of J. Mathesius (q.v.)… Go to person page >

Author (st. 2): Thomas Hartmann

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First Line:	Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, Dass du vom Tod erstanden bist
Author (st. 2):	Thomas Hartmann (1604)
Author (st. 1):	Nikolaus Herman (1560)
Language:	German
Copyright:	Public Domain