The Book of Praise ‎#259

259. This joyful Eastertide

1 This joyful Eastertide,
away with sin and sadness!
My love, the crucified,
has sprung to life in gladness.

Refrain:
Had Christ, that once was slain,
ne'er burst his three-day prison,
our faith had been in vain,
but now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen, arisen.

2 My body, too, at last
shall rest within God's keeping:
until, with trumpet blast,
the dead shall wake from sleeping: [Refrain]

3 Death's flood hath lost its chill,
since Jesus crossed the river,
and love shall reach me still,
and shall my soul deliver. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: This joyful Eastertide
• Title: This joyful Eastertide
• Author: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1849-1934 (alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Had Christ, that once was slain
• Meter: 6 7 6 7 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Psalm 16:9-10
  ;
  Acts 2:24
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:12-20
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:51-52
• Topic: Church Year: Easter; Hope
• Copyright: © A. R. Mowbray and Col, Ltd. (an impritn of Cassell plc), from the Crowley Carol Book
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: VREUCHTEN
• Composer: Charles Wood, 1866-1926
• Meter: 6 7 6 7 with refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: J. Oudaen's David's Pslamen 1685
• Copyright: Public Domain