199 | Trinity Hymnal#200 | 201 |
Text: | Come, ye faithful, raise the strain |
Author: | John of Damascus, 8th century |
Translator: | John Mason Neale |
Tune: | ST. KEVIN |
Composer: | Sir Arthur S. Sullivan |
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 today;
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 splendor,
With the royal feast of feasts,
Comes its joy to render;
Comes to glad Jerusalem,
Who with true affection
Welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus' resurrection.
4 Neither might the gates of death,
Nor the tomb's dark portal,
Nor the watchers, nor the seal
Hold thee as a mortal:
But today amidst the twelve
Thou didst stand, bestowing
That thy peace, which evermore
Passeth human knowing.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, ye faithful, raise the strain |
Author: | John of Damascus, 8th century |
Translator: | John Mason Neale (1853) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: The Light; Christ: Resurrection(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. KEVIN |
Composer: | Sir Arthur S. Sullivan (1872) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Key: | F Major |