Happy Easter to you all!
Join our new Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com), for the final bonus episode of our new Lenten (and Easter!) Hymn Sings series! Please, do share this video with friends and family to help spread the joy of hymn singing! (This is the audio version of the video found on YouTube.)
An impromptu addition from their rehearsal in Holy Week, this week, our choir add their wonderful voices to our Hymn Sings, raising their shouts of Easter joy to hymns: "Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!", "The Strife is O'er", and "Jesus Christ is Risen Today". These can be found in the Hymnal 1982 at 460, 208, and 207 respectively.
The hymn texts are found within the transcript below.
Sincere thanks from all of us at St. Martin's for your continued support and engagement during our Hymn Sing Series!
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Transcript:[Tyrone] Happy Easter to you all and welcome to the final episode of our Lent & Easter Hymn Sing Series from the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia.It has been my great pleasure to produce these videos for members and friends of the church, as well as reaching new people each week from around the world!
My thanks to the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel our Rector,
the Rev. Barb Ballenger our Associate Rector,
and Natalee Hill our Associate for Communications and Administration
who added much to this series by offering their personal reflections on their favorite Lent & Easter Hymns.
There is much going on at St. Martin's, even in the midst of this pandemic.
Please do visit our website to learn more about our worship, both in-person and online, as well as details of upcoming events, including those of our music programs.
I want to thank you all for your engagement and support of this series.
Until next time, let us pause, breathe, and raise our voices to the miracle of the resurrection.
Happy Easter to you all.
[Introduction, "Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!"]Alleluia! sing to Jesus!
his the scepter, his the throne;
Alleluia! his the triumph,
his the victory alone;
Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion
thunder like a mighty flood;
Jesus out of every nation
hath redeemed us by his blood.
Alleluia! not as orphans
are we left in sorrow now;
Alleluia! he is near us,
faith believes, nor questions how:
though the cloud from sight received him,
when the forty days were o'er,
shall our hearts forget his promise,
"I am with you evermore"?
Alleluia! Bread of Heaven,
thou on earth our food, our stay!
Alleluia! here the sinful
flee to thee from day to day:
Intercessor, friend of sinners,
earth's Redeemer, plead for me,
where the songs of all the sinless
sweep across the crystal sea.
Alleluia! King eternal,
thee the Lord of lords we own:
Alleluia! born of Mary,
earth thy footstool, heaven thy throne:
thou within the veil hast entered,
robed in flesh, our great High Priest:
thou on earth both Priest and Victim
in the eucharistic feast.
Alleluia! sing to Jesus!
his the scepter his the throne;
Alleluia! his the triumph,
his the victory alone;
Hark! the songs of holy Zion
thunder like a mighty flood;
Jesus out of every nation
hath redeemed us by his blood.
[Introduction, "The Strife is O'er"]
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
The strife is o'er, the battle done, the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun. Alleluia!
The powers of death have done their worst,
but Christ their legions hath dispersed:
let shout of holy joy outburst. Alleluia!
He closed the yawning gates of hell,
the bars from heaven's high portals fell;
let hymns of praise his triumphs tell! Alleluia!
Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,
from death's dread sting thy servants free,
that we may live and sing to thee. Alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
[Introduction, "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"]
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia!
suffer to redeem our loss, Alleluia!
Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
sinners to redeem and save, Alleluia!
But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!
our salvation have procured, Alleluia!
now above the sky he's king, Alleluia!
where the angels ever sing, Alleluia!
Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
praise eternal as his love, Alleluia!
praise him, all ye heavenly host, Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia!
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Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org
Videography, portions of the photography by Daniel Cooper, Associate for A/V at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.