234:This joyful Eastertide
| Tunes: | Dutch Carol, 604 |
| Meter: | Irregular |
THIS joyful Eastertide,
Away with sin and sorrow,
My love, the crucified,
Hath sprung to life this morrow:
2 My flesh in hope shall rest,
And for a season slumber:
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number:
3 Death?s flood hath lost his chill,
Since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver.
Chorus
Had Christ, that once was slain,
Ne?er burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain:
But now hath Christ arisen.
Away with sin and sorrow,
My love, the crucified,
Hath sprung to life this morrow:
2 My flesh in hope shall rest,
And for a season slumber:
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number:
3 Death?s flood hath lost his chill,
Since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver.
Chorus
Had Christ, that once was slain,
Ne?er burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain:
But now hath Christ arisen.
George Ratcliffe
Bible reference
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Galatians 1:4
1 Corinthians 15:14
1 Corinthians 15:20
Joshua 3:14-17
Matthew 6:13
1 Corinthians 15:4
Matthew 28:6 (Key verse)
Tunes linked to this song
604:Dutch Carol
604:Dutch Carol
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| Meter: | Irregular |