This Joyful Eastertide

(The Resurrection of Christ by Paolo Veronese)

This joyful Eastertide

Away with sin and sorrow!

My love, the Crucified,

Has sprung to life this morrow:

Refrain:

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, arisen;

But now has Christ arisen!

My flesh in hope shall rest

And for a season slumber

Till trump from east to west

Shall wake the dead in number:

Refrain:

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, arisen;

But now has Christ arisen!

Death’s flood has lost its chill

Since Jesus crossed the river;

Lover of souls, from ill

My passing soul deliver:

Refrain:

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, arisen;

But now has Christ arisen!

Tune: Vreuchten 67.67 with refrain

Music: Ooudaen’s David’s Psalmen, 1685

Text: George R. Woodward, 1848-1934