The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#361

361. Christ, the Life of all the living

1 Christ the Life of all the living,
Christ the Death of death our foe,
Who Thyself for us once giving
To the darkest depths of woe,
Patiently didst yield Thy breath
But to save my soul from death:
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Blessèd Jesus, unto Thee.

2 Thou, ah Thou, hast taken on Thee
Bitter strokes, a cruel rod,
Pain and scorn were heaped upon Thee
O Thou sinless Son of God,
Only thus for me to win
Rescue from the bonds of sin:
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Blessèd Jesus, unto Thee.

3 Thou didst bear the smiting, only
That it might not fall on me;
Stoodest falsely charged and lonely,
That I might be safe and free;
Comfortless, that I might know
Comfort from Thy boundless woe:
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Blessèd Jesus, unto Thee.

4 Then for all that wrought our pardon,
For Thy sorrows deep and sore,
For Thine anguish in the garden,
I will thank Thee evermore;
Thank Thee with my latest breath
For Thy sad and cruel death;
For that last most bitter cry,
Praise Thee evermore on high.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ, the Life of all the living
• Title: Christ, the Life of all the living
• Translator: Miss Winkworth (1863)
• Author: E. C. Homberg (1659)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.7.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: General
• Notes: Tune name in index: KEW

Tune Information

• Name: [Christ, the Life of all the living]
• Composer: Clement R. Gale, M.A., Mus Bac.
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.7.7.
• Key: D Major