When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

In the early 18th century, a trend burgeoned along the lines of American music and music education.  When the early settlers fled to the New World for religious freedom, they also brought along with them the practice of singing hymns and psalms in their worship services. Unfortunately, as a distinct body of folk American music…

The Curious Case of the Enigmatic Hymn Tune Name and 7 Things You Might Not Know About It

RILEY. KINGSFOLD. ORA LABORA. OASIS. CWM RHONDDA. VILLE DU HARVE. CANONBURY. DRONFIELD. TRURO. WELLESLEY. MARTYRDOM. Ok, before you think I’m babbling some kind of nonsense, let me tell you that the words above do have something in common, as irrelevant and different as they seem. That is they are names of hymn tunes. And in…

SDAH 526: Because He Lives

Text 1God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus,He came to love, heal, and forgive;He lived and died to buy my pardon,An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives. RefrainBecause He lives I can face tomorrow,Because He lives all fear is gone;Because I know He holds the future.And life is worth the living…

SDAH 408: Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor

Text 1Lord, enthroned in heav’nly splendor,First begotten from the dead,You alone, our strong defender,Lifting up Your people’s head.Alleluia, Jesus, true and living Bread! 2Tho’ the lowliest form now veil YouAs of old in Bethlehem,Here as there Your angels hail YouBranch and flow’r of Jesse’s stem.Alleluia, We in worship join with them. 3Paschal Lamb, Your off’ring…

SDAH 176: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise

Text 1Hail the day that sees Him rise, Alleluia!Glorious to His native skies; Alleluia!Christ, awhile to mortals giv’n, Alleluia!Enters now the highest heav’n! Alleluia! 2There the glorious triumph waits; Alleluia!Lift your heads, eternal gates! Alleluia!Wide unfold the radiant scene; Alleluia!Take the King of glory in! Alleluia! 3See! He lifts His hands above; Alleluia!See! He shows…

SDAH 175: Now the Green Blade Rises

Text 1Now the green blade rises from the buried grain,What that in dark earth many days has lain;Love lives again, that with the dead has been;Love is come again like wheat arising green. 2In the grave they laid Him, love by hatred slain,Thinking that He would never wake again,Laid in the earth like grain that…

SDAH 174: Star of Our Hope

Text 1Star of our hope! He’ll soon appear,The last loud trumpet speaks Him near;Hail Him, all saints, from pole to pole-How welcome to the faithful soul! 2From heaven angelic voices sound:Behold the Lord of glory crowned,Arrayed in majesty divine,And in His highest glories shine. 3The grave yields up its precious trust,Which long has slumbered in…

SDAH 173: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice!

Text 1Good Christian friends, rejoice and sing!Now is the triumph of our King!To all the world glad news we bring:Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 2The Lord of life is risen for aye;Bring flowers of song to strew His way;Let all mankind rejoice and say:Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 3Praise we in songs of victoryThat love, that life which cannot…

SDAH 172: The Strife Is O’er

Text Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 1The strife is o’er, the battle done;Now is the victor’s triumph won!Now be the song of praise begun. Alleluia! 2The pow’rs of death have done their worst,But Christ their legions has dispersed.Let shouts of holy joy outburst. Alleluia! 3The three sad days have quickly sped,He rises glorious from the dead.All glory…

SDAH 171: Thine Is the Glory

Text 1Thine is the glory, Risen, conquering Son;Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,Kept the folded grave-clothes where Thy body lay. Refrain :Thine is the glory,Risen, conquering Son;Endless is the victory Thou o’er death hast won. 2Lo! Jesus meets us.Risen from the tomb,Lovingly He greets us,Scatters…