Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#216

216. If Ye Then with Christ Be Risen

1. If ye then with Christ be risen,
Seek those things that are above;
Putting off all wrath and malice,
Walk in him in perfect love.
Lay aside all strife and envy,
Hatred, foolishness, and pride;
None who cling to all that's sinful
In his kingdom shall abide.

Refrain:
He is the vine, He is the vine,
We are the fruitful branches.

2. If we're in the Spirit living,
Let us also walk therein,
Free from guilt and condemnation,
From the servitude of sin,
Bearing holy fruit of meekness,
Temperance, and love, and peace,
Faith, and gentleness possessing,
Daily shall our joy increase. [Refrain]

3. Can there issue from one fountain
Both the bitter and the sweet?
Do we gather figs and thistles,
Sow the tares, expecting wheat?
So a good tree yields by nature
Perfect fruit, and that alone;
Trees corrupt are bearing evil;
By their fruit they shall be known. [Refrain]

4. We are dwelling in the Spirit,
By our Father's blest design;
Thru' his grace we're made partakers
Of his nature, pure, divine.
By his faith alone we're living,
For with Christ to sin we've died;
We will bear abundant fruitage,
That his name be glorified. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: If ye then with Christ be risen
• Title: If Ye Then with Christ Be Risen
• Author: Clara McAlister Brooks (1907)
• Refrain First Line: He is the vine, he is the vine
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Galatians 5:16-26
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 8
• Notes: Text by Church of God (Anderson) poet-editor Clara McAlister Brooks, from Truth in Song (1907).

Tune Information

• Name: FRUIT BEARING
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1907)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain
• Incipit: 55123 455
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Tune FRUIT BEARING by composer Barney E. Warren, from Truth in Song (1907).