8 Hymns to Sing in Response to Tragedy

3. Christ Is Alive! (TRURO)
Brian Wren, 1968

From the pen of Brian Wren (Thanks for the reminder, Timothy Michael Powell!). From Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal, no. 246:

“In 1968, Easter fell ten days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and this text was written to express an Easter hope while mindful of that terrible event. Buoyed by a triple-arched tune, it affirms the presence of a wounded, risen Christ with all who suffer.”

In every insult, rift, and war
where color, scorn, or wealth divide,
Christ suffers still, yet loves the more,
and lives, where even hope has died.