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Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain

  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 splendor,
    with the royal feast of feasts,
    comes 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 thee as a mortal:
    but today amidst thine own
    thou didst stand, bestowing
    thine own peace, which evermore
    passeth human knowing.
  5. “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.
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Hymn
356
Scripture Reference
Exodus 15:1, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22
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Meter
7.6.7.6.D.
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The Trinity Psalter Hymnal

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church and
The United Reformed Churches in North America.