Easter
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
- Words:
- Samuel Medley, 1775. Music: 'Duke Street' John Hatton, 1793.
- Setting:
- "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 8
- 1I know that my Redeemer lives;What comfort this sweet sentence gives!He lives, He lives, who once was dead;He lives, my ever living Head.
- 2He lives to bless me with His love,He lives to plead for me above.He lives my hungry soul to feed,He lives to help in time of need.
- 3He lives triumphant from the grave,He lives eternally to save,He lives all glorious in the sky,He lives exalted there on high.
- 4He lives to grant me rich supply,He lives to guide me with His eye,He lives to comfort me when faint,He lives to hear my soul's complaint.
- 5He lives to silence all my fears,He lives to wipe away my tearsHe lives to calm my troubled heart,He lives all blessings to impart.
- 6He lives, my kind, wise, heavenly Friend,He lives and loves me to the end;He lives, and while He lives, Ill sing;He lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King.
- 7He lives and grants me daily breath;He lives, and I shall conquer death:He lives my mansion to prepare;He lives to bring me safely there.
- 8He lives, all glory to His Name!He lives, my Jesus, still the same.Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives,I know that my Redeemer lives!
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1775, the words are in 498 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Duke Street, is in 1,851 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.