Easter 2024: The Battle Won

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The strife is O’er, the battle won;

    The victory of life is won;

The song of triumph has begun,

                                                       HALLELUJAH !

The powers of death have done their worst,

      But Christ their legions hath dispersed;

Let shouts of holy joy outburst, 

                                                         HALLELUJAH !

The three sad days have quickly sped;

       He rises glorious from the dead;

All glory to our risen Head !

                                                           HALLELUJAH !

He brakes the age-bound chains of hell;

     The bars from heaven’s high portals fell;

Let hymns of praise His triumph tell,

                                                             HALLELUJAH !

                    Giovanni P. Da Palestrina 1525