Hymn: | This Joyful Eastertide |
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Tune: | Vruechten |
Words: | George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934) |
Music: | from J. Ouden's David's Psalmen, 1685; Dutch carol |
Verse 1
This joyful Eastertide,
away with sin and sorrow!
My Love, the Crucified,
has sprung to life this morrow:
Chorus
Had Christ, who once was slain,
not burst His three-day prison,
our faith had been in vain;
but now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen;
but now has Christ arisen!
Verse 2
Death’s flood has lost its chill
since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
my passing soul deliver:
Chorus
Had Christ, who once was slain,
not burst His three-day prison,
our faith had been in vain;
but now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen;
but now has Christ arisen!
Verse 3
My flesh in hope shall rest
and for a season slumber
till trump from east to west
shall wake the dead in number
Chorus
Had Christ, who once was slain,
not burst His three-day prison,
our faith had been in vain;
but now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen;
but now has Christ arisen!