Scripture Verse

He liveth by the power of God. 2 Corinthians 13:4

Introduction

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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

Words: Paul Z. Stro­dach (1876–1947).

Music: Lasst uns er­freu­en Auss­er­le­se­ne ca­thol­ische geist­liche Kirch­en­ge­säng (Co­logne, Ger­ma­ny: Pe­ter von Bra­chel, 1623). Har­mo­ny by Ralph Vaugh­an Will­iams in The Eng­lish Hym­nal (Lon­don: Ox­ford Uni­ver­si­ty Press, 1906), num­ber 519 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when this hymn was writ­ten, or where to get a good pho­to of Stro­dach (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Now let the vault of Heav’n re­sound
In praise of love that doth abound,
Christ hath tri­umphed, al­le­lu­ia!
Sing, choirs of an­gels, loud and clear,
Repeat their song of glo­ry here,
Christ hath tri­umphed,
Christ hath tri­umphed!
Alleluia, al­le­lu­ia, al­le­lu­ia.

Eternal is the gift He brings,
Wherefore our heart with rap­ture sings,
Christ hath tri­umphed, Je­sus liveth!
Now doth He come and give us life,
Now doth His pre­sence still all strife
Through His tri­umph; Je­sus reign­eth!
Alleluia, al­le­lu­ia, al­le­lu­ia.

O fill us, Lord, with daunt­less love;
Set heart and will on things above
That we con­quer through Thy tri­umph,
Grant grace suf­fi­cient for life’s day
That by our life we ev­er say,
Christ hath tri­umphed, and He liv­eth!
Alleluia, al­le­lu­ia, al­le­lu­ia.

Adoring prais­es now we bring
And with the hea­ven­ly bless­èd sing,
Christ hath tri­umphed, Al­le­lu­ia!
Be to the Fa­ther, and our Lord,
To Spir­it blest, most ho­ly God,
Thine the glo­ry, ne­ver end­ing!
Alleluia, al­le­lu­ia, al­le­lu­ia.