Gather Comprehensive ‎#434

434. 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 has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen;
but now Christ has arisen!

2 My flesh in hope shall rest
And for a season slumber
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number: (Refrain)

3 Death's flood has lost its chill
Since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver: (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: 6 7 6 7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1994
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:14-19

Tune Information

• Name: VRUECHTEN
• Harmonizer: Paul G. Bunjes, b. 1914
• Meter: 6 7 6 7 D
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Oudaen's David's Psalmen, 1685 (melody)
• Copyright: Harmonization from Lutheran Worship © 1969 Concordia Publishing House