O Christ, Who Shared Our Mortal Life (#706)
Verse 1
O Christ, who shared our mortal life
And ended death’s long reign,
Who healed the sick and raised the dead,
Who bore our grief and pain;
We know our years on earth are few,
That death is always near.
Come now to us, O Lord of Life;
Bring hope that conquers fear!
Verse 4
Death’s power holds us still in thrall
And bears us toward the tomb.
Death’s dark’ning cloud hangs like a pall
That threatens earth with doom.
But you have broken death’s embrace
And torn away its sting.
Restore to life our mortal race
And raise us, risen King!
Text: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007, alt., © 1993, GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: KINGSFOLD, CMD; English melody; harm. by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958