Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#108

108. 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;
'Tis the spring of souls today:
Christ hath burst His prison,
And from three days' sleep in death
As a sun hath risen.

2 All the winter of our sins,
Long and dark, is flying
From His light, to whom we give
Laud and praise undying.
Neither might the gates of death,
Nor the tomb's dark portal,
Nor the watchers, nor the seal,
Hold Thee as a mortal.

3 But to-day amidst the Twelve
Thou didst stand, bestowing
That Thy peace, which evermore
Passeth human knowing.
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness;
God hath brought His Israel
Into joy from sadness.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Come ye faithful, raise the strain
• Author: John of Damascus (VIII Century)
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1859)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church Year: Easter

Tune Information

• Name: ST. KEVIN
• Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan (1872)
• Meter: 7 6, 7 6, D. Trochaic
• Key: G Major