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Text:This Joyful Eastertide
Author:George R. Woodward
Tune:VRUCHTEN
Harmonizer:Dale Grotenhuis

102. This Joyful Eastertide

1 This joyful Eastertide,
away with sin and sadness!
Our Lord, the crucified,
has filled our hearts with gladness.

Refrain:
Had Christ, who once was slain,
not burst his three-day prison,
our faith would be in vain.
But now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen,
but now Christ has arisen.

2 My being shall rejoice
secure within God's keeping,
until the trumpet voice
shall wake us from our sleeping. [Refrain]

3 Death's waters lost their chill
when Jesus crossed the river.
His love shall reach me still;
his mercy is forever. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: This joyful Eastertide
Title: This Joyful Eastertide
Author: George R. Woodward (1894, alt.)
Refrain First Line: Had Christ, who once was slain
Meter: 67 67 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Topic: The Church Year: Easter and Ascension
Tune Information
Name: VRUCHTEN
Harmonizer: Dale Grotenhuis (1984)
Meter: 67 67 with refrain
Key: E♭ Major
Source: J. Oudaen's David's Psalmen
Copyright: Harmonization © 1987, CRC Publications



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