265. Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain

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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 thine own
thou didst stand, bestowing
thine own peace, which evermore
passeth human knowing.

Text Information
First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Title: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
Author: John of Damascus, 8th cent.
Translator: John Mason Neale (1853; alt.)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Topic: Deliverance; Christ: The Light; Church: Israel of God (1 more...)
Source: 8th century
Tune Information
Name: TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM
Arranger: Ernest MacMillan (1930)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
Key: G Major
Source: Piae Cantones, 1582



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