Scripture Verse

He is risen, as He said. Matthew 28:6

Introduction

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Catherine Winkworth
(1827–1878)

Words: Fried­rich von Har­den­berg, 1799 (Ich sag’ es je­dem, dass er lebt). Trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Ca­the­rine Wink­worth, Ly­ra Ger­ma­ni­ca, 1858.

Music: Far and Near (Spa­zier) Jo­hann K. Spa­zier (1761–1805) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when the mu­sic was writ­ten, or where to get a good pic­ture of Spa­zier (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772–1801)

Lyrics

I say to all men far and near
That He is ris­en again;
That He is with us now and here,
And ev­er shall re­main.

And what I say, let each this morn,
Go tell it to his friend,
That soon in ev­ery place shall dawn
His king­dom with­out end.

The fears of death and of the grave
Are whelmed be­neath the sea;
And ev­ery heart now light and brave
May face the things to be.

The way of dark­ness that He trod
To Hea­ven at last shall come,
And he who heark­ens to His Word
Shall reach His Fa­ther’s home.

Now let the mourn­er grieve no more
Though his be­lov­èd sleep:
A hap­pi­er meet­ing shall re­store
Their light to eyes that weep.

He lives! His pre­sence hath not ceased,
Though foes and fears be rife;
And thus we hail in East­er’s feast
A world re­newed to life!