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#208 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
The strife is o'er, the battle done
Tune
Victory
Metric Index
888 with Alleluias
Key & Modality
D Major
Last five uses
April 28th, 2024 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
April 30th, 2023 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
April 21st, 2019 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
September 22nd, 2017 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Entrance Hymn
April 16th, 2017 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Gradual Hymn
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
The strife is o'er, the battle done,
the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!
the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!
2.
The powers of death have done their worst,
but Christ their legions hath dispersed:
let shout of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
but Christ their legions hath dispersed:
let shout of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
3.
The three sad days are quickly sped,
he rises glorious from the dead:
all glory to our risen Head!
Alleluia!
he rises glorious from the dead:
all glory to our risen Head!
Alleluia!
4.
He closed the yawning gates of hell,
the bars from heaven's high portals fell;
let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!
Alleluia!
the bars from heaven's high portals fell;
let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!
Alleluia!
5.
Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,
from death's dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live and sing to thee.
Alleluia!
from death's dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live and sing to thee.
Alleluia!
Hymn References
Adapter and Arranger
William Henry Monk
Composer
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Original Language
Latin
Publication Date
1985
Source
Latin 1695
Translator
Francis Pott 1832-1909 (alt.)
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#366 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / The strife is o'er, the battle done (D Major ) [click to view]#135 in Lutheran Book of Worship / The strife is o'er the battle done (D Major ) [click to view]
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