Christian Worship (1993) ‎#142

142. Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain

1 Come, you faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness!
God has brought his Israel
Into joy from sadness.
See the spring of souls today:
Christ has burst his prison
And from three days' sleep in death
As a sun has 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 could the gates of death
Nor the tomb's dark portal
Nor the watchers nor the seal
Hold him as a mortal.

3 But today among his own
Christ appeared, bestowing
Blessed peace, which evermore
Passes human knowing.
Come, you faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness!
God has brought his Israel
Into joy from sadness.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, you faithful, raise the strain
• Title: Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain
• Author: John of Damascus, c. 696-c. 754
• Translator: John M. Neale, 1818-66 (adaptl)
• Meter: 76 76 D Trochaic
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Easter

Tune Information

• Name: GAUDEAMUS PARITER
• Composer: Johann Horn, c. 1490-1547
• Meter: 76 76 D Trochaic
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Setting: © 1969 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission of CPH.