The Hymnal 1982 192
This joyful Eastertide
- Tune
- vruecten
- Author(s)
- George R. Woodward. 1848-1934
- Composer(s)
- Charles Wood, 1866-1926
- Meter
- 6.7.6.7 with refrain
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1. This joyful Eastertide, away with care and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, hath sprung to life this morrow. Had Christ, that once was slain, ne’er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now is Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen.
2. Death’s flood hath lost its chill, since Jesus crossed the river: Lord of all life, from ill my passing life deliver. Had Christ, that once was slain, ne’er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now is Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen.
3. My flesh in hope shall rest, and for a season slumber, till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number. Had Christ, that once was slain, ne’er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now is Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen.