Scripture Verse

I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. Revelation 1:18

Introduction

Words: Chris­tian Gre­gor, 1778 (Hal­le­lu­jah! der Hei­land lebt). Trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish in the Mo­ra­vi­an Hymn Book, 1801, num­ber 131.

Music: Lind­sey House James Hut­ton, Tunes for the Hymns 1744 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Gre­gor (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
James Hutton (1715–1795)

Lyrics

Sing hal­le­lujah, Christ doth live,
And peace on earth re­store;
Come, ran­somed souls, and glo­ry give,
Sing, wor­ship, and adore;
With grate­ful hearts to Him we pay
Our thanks in hum­ble wise;
Who aught un­to our charge can lay?
’Tis God that jus­ti­fies.

Who can con­demn, since Christ was dead,
And ev­er lives to God?
Now our whole debt is ful­ly paid,
He saves us by His blood;
The ran­somed hosts in earth and Hea­ven
Through count­less choirs pro­claim,
He hath re­deemed us; praise be giv­en
To God and to the Lamb.

In all we do, con­strained by love,
We’ll joy to Him af­ford,
And to God’s will obe­di­ent prove
Through Je­sus Christ our Lord;
Sing hal­le­lu­jah, and ad­ore
On earth the Lamb once slain,
Till we in Hea­ven shall ev­er­more
Exalt His name, Amen.