Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

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Title: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Text: John of Damascus, 8th c. tr. John M. Neale, 1859, alt.
Tune: AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM (GAUDEAMUS PARITER)
Music: Johann Horn, 1544, alt. 1584
Key: G major
Meter: 76.76 D
Date Added: 2021/04/04

Lyrics

Come, ye faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness!
God hath brought forth Israel into joy from sadness,
loosed from Pharaeh's bitter yoke Jacob's sons and daughters,
led them with unmoistened foot through the Red Sea waters.

'Tis the spring of souls today: Christ hath burst his prison,
and from three days' sleep in death as a sun hath risen.
Now rejoice, Jerusalem, and with true affection
welcome in unwearied strains Jesus' resurrection.

Neither shall the gates of death, nor the tomb's dark portal,
nor the watchers, nor the seal hold thee as a mortal.
But arisen 'midst thy friends thou didst stand, bestowing
thy true peace, which evermore passes human knowing.

Alternate words

When the King shall come again We are people of God's peace