160. This Joyful Eastertide

1 This joyful Eastertide
Away with sin and sorrow!
My love, the Crucified,
Has sprung to life this morrow.

Refrain:
Had Christ, who once was slain,
Not burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain:
But now is Christ arisen, arisen, arisen;
But now is Christ arisen!

2 Death's flood has lost its chill
Since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver. [Refrain]

3 My flesh in hope shall rest
And for a season slumber
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: This joyful Eastertide
Title: This Joyful Eastertide
Author: George R. Woodward, 1848-1934
Refrain First Line: Had Christ, who once was slain
Meter: 67 67 with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Easter
Copyright: Reprinted by permission of A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., London England.
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: VRUECHTEN
Meter: 67 67 with Refrain
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Davids Psalmen, Amsterdam, 1684
Copyright: Setting: © 1969 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission of CPH.



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