Common Praise ‎#143b

143b. Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
of triumphant gladness!
God hath brought his Israel
into joy from sadness;
loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke
Jacob's sons and daughters;
led them with unmoistened foot
through the Red Sea waters.

2 'Tis the spring of souls to-day;
Christ hath burst his prison,
and from three days' sleep in death
as a sun hath risen:
all the winter of our sins,
long and dark, is flying
from his light, to whom we give
laud and praise undying.

3 Now the queen of seasons, bright
with the day of splendour,
with the royal feast of feasts,
comes its joy to render;
comes to glad Jerusalem,
who with true affection
welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesu's resurrection.

4 Alleluia now we cry
to our King immortal,
who triumphant burst the bars
of the tomb's dark portal;
Alleluia, with the Son
God the Father praising;
Alleluia yet again
to the Spirit raising.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
• Author: St John of Damascus, d. c. 754
• Translator: J. M. Neale, 1818-1866
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Timothy 1:17
  ;
  Acts 2:24
  ;
  Exodus 14:21-22
• Topic: Easter; Easter III: Year C; Easter IV: Year A; Easter V: Year B

Tune Information

• Name: AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM
• Harmonizer: Patrick Russill
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Key: F Major
• Source: J. Horn's Gesangbuch, Nuremberg, 1544; Harm.: Catholic Hymn Book, 1998
• Copyright: Harmony © Gracewing/Fowler Wright Books