249. Because You Live, O Christ
Text Information |
First Line: |
Because you live, O Christ |
Title: |
Because You Live, O Christ |
Author: |
Shirley Erena Murray (1987) |
Refrain First Line: |
The stone has rolled away |
Meter: |
6.11.6.11 with refrain |
Language: |
English |
Publication Date: |
2013 |
Scripture: |
; ; ; ; |
Topic: |
Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Gift of the Holy Spirit; Hope; Jesus Christ: Resurrection; Christian Year: Easter (3 more...) |
Copyright: |
© 1987 Hope Publishing Company |
CCLI Number: |
5032288 |
Tune Information |
Name: |
VRUECHTEN |
Harmonizer: |
Alice Parker (1966) |
Meter: |
6.11.6.11 with refrain |
Key: |
E♭ Major |
Source: |
Dutch melody, 17th cent. |
Copyright: |
Harm. © 1969 Hope Publishing Company |
Notes: |
(alternate harmonization, 244) |
Text Information:This New Zealand author’s text contains no familiar images of springtime to bolster its message, because Easter in the Southern Hemisphere comes in autumn. This hymn resulted both from her dissatisfaction with existing hymns and from her love of this exuberant Dutch tune.