lutheranhymns

We get a nice rearrangement of "the way, the life, the truth" to rhyme with "youth." The lyric that stands out for me, though, is discussing how the risen Christ is present everywhere, "No longer bound to distant years in Palestine." I can think of at least three reasons for this:
-the composer believes in the poetic principle of "the specific is the general" and thinks that underlining the historical details of Jesus' life will make it more vivid for us. (Whether or not this is the purpose, I don't know, but I find the line in the creed about "he was crucified under Pontius Pilate" has that effect for me.)
-the composer wants us to reject a glib Zionistic approach to modern conflicts in the Middle East and remind us of God's presence even among "outsiders"
-the composer wanted something that had a lot of potential rhymes, then ignored them all in favor of "time."

Place your bets.