One in Faith ‎#466

466. 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:
Loosed from Pharoah'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 has burst his prison,
And from three days' sleep in death
As a sun has 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 splendor,
With the royal feast of feasts,
Come its joy to render;
Comes to glad Jerusalem,
Who with true affection
Welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus' resurrection.

4 Neither might the gates of death,
Nor the tomb's dark portal,
Nor the watchers, nor the seal,
Hold you as a mortal:
But today amid the twelve
You did stand, bestowing
Lasting peace which evermore
Passes human knowing.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, you faithful, raise the strain
• Title: Come, You Faithful, Raise The Strain
• Author: John of Damascus, c. 675-c. 754
• Translator: John M. Neale, 1818-1866 (alt.)
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2015
• Topic: Easter

Tune Information

• Name: GAUDEAMUS PARITER
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Gesangbuch der Brüder in Behemen und Merherrn, Nuremberg, 1544