168 | CPWI Hymnal#169 | 170 |
Text: | Come, ye faithful, raise the strain |
Author: | John of Damascus, c696-c754 |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 |
Tune: | ST JOHN DAMASCENE |
Composer: | Arthur Henry Brown, 1830-1926 |
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 | |
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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: | |
Topic: | Hymns for the Church Year: Easter |
Source: | Other translators: Editors of Hymns Ancient and Modern |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST JOHN DAMASCENE |
Composer: | Arthur Henry Brown, 1830-1926 |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Key: | G Major |