Church Book ‎#194

194. 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!

2 ’Tis the spring of souls to-day:
Christ has burst His prison,
And from three days’ sleep in death,
As a sun, has risen.

3 All the winter of our sins,
Long and dark, is flying
From His Light, to whom we give
Thanks and praise undying.

4 Neither might the gates of death,
Nor the tomb’s dark portal,
Nor the watchers, nor the seal,
Hold Thee as a mortal:

5 But to-day amidst the twelve,
Thou didst stand, bestowing
That thy peace, which evermore
Passeth human knowing.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
• Author: John of Damascus (ab., 760)
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1862)
• Meter: 7, 6. Trochaic
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Easter; Easter Sunday
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: EASTER
• Meter: 7, 6. Trochaic
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Source from index: Adapted 1869