CPWI Hymnal ‎#169

169. 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;
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 splendour,
with the royal feast of feasts,
comes its joy to render;
comes to glad Jerusalem,
who with true affection
welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesu's resurrection.

4 Alleluia now we cry
to our King immortal,
who triumphant burst the bars
of the tomb's dark portal;
Alleluia, with the Son
God the Father praising;
alleluia yet again
to the Spirit raising.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
• Greek Title: Αϊσωμεν, πάντεζ λαοί
• Author: John of Damascus, c696-c754
• Translator: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Song of Solomon 2:11
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Easter
• Source: Other translators: Editors of Hymns Ancient and Modern

Tune Information

• Name: ST JOHN DAMASCENE
• Composer: Arthur Henry Brown, 1830-1926
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
• Key: G Major