Concordia ‎#86

86. Come, ye Faithful, raise the Strain

1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness,
God has brought His Israel
Into joy from sadness;
Loosed from Pharaoh’s bitter yoke
Jacob’s sons and daughters,
Led them with unmoistened foot
Thro' 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 amid Thine own
Thou didst stand, bestowing
This, Thy 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: J. M. Neale (1859)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: Church Festivals: Passion and Easter
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: SÖRG O, KJAERE FADER
• Composer: Ludv. M. Lindeman, 1812-1887
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Public Domain.