The Saviour died, but rose again
The Saviour died, but rose again. John Logan*.
This hymn is part of Paraphrase 48 in the Scottish Translations and Paraphrases (1781), on Romans 8: 31-39. For the Biblical text, see the entry under ‘Let Christian faith and hope dispel (Logan)’*. It is one of the paraphrases that was claimed by William Cameron* for Logan, a claim that, according to JJ, has ‘never been seriously disputed’ (p. 188).
The text beginning as above forms stanzas 5-9 of ‘Let Christian faith and hope dispel’. The 1745 draft is printed beside it:
1781 1745
The Saviour dy'd, but rose again...
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