The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15563

15563. Past Are The Cross, The Scourge, The Thorn

Refrain:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

1 Past are the cross, the scourge, the thorn,
The scoffing tongue, the jibe, the scorn,
And brightly breaks the Easter morn.
Alleluia. [Refrain]

2 Gone are the gloomy clouds of night;
The shades of death are put to flight,
And from the tomb beams heav’nly light.
Alleluia. [Refrain]

3 And so in sorrow dark and drear,
Though black the night, the morn is near;
Soon shall the heav’nly day appear,
Alleluia. [Refrain]

4 And when death’s darkness dims our eyes,
From out the gloom our souls shall rise
In deathless glory to the skies.
Alleluia. [Refrain]

5 Then let us raise the glorious strain,
Love’s triumph over sin and pain,
Faith’s victory o’er terror’s reign.
Alleluia.

Text Information

• First Line: Past are the cross, the scourge, the thorn
• Title: Past Are The Cross, The Scourge, The Thorn
• Author: Alfred C. Jewitt (1879)
• Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
• Meter: 884 D
• Language: English
• Source: The Pilgrim Hymnal by Charles L. Noyes and Charles L. Ziegler (New York: Pilgrim Press, 1904)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CHRISTENDOM
• Composer: James William Elliott (1904)
• Meter: 884 D
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain