Carols for Easter-Tide Set to Ancient Melodies by the Rev. T. Helmore ... the words Principally in imitation of the original, by the Rev. J. M. Neale |
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| XXII. | XXII. The foe behind.
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XXII. The foe behind.
1.
The foe behind, the deep before,Our hosts have dar'd and past the sea:
And Pharaoh's warriors strew the shore,
And Israel's ransom'd tribes are free.
2.
Lift up, lift up your voices now!The whole wide world rejoices now!
The Lord hath triumph'd gloriously:
The Lord shall reign victoriously!
3.
Happy morrow,Turning sorrow
Into peace and mirth!
Bondage ending,
Love descending
O'er the earth!
Seals assuring,
Guards securing,
Watch His earthly prison:
Seals are shatter'd,
Guards are scatter'd,
Christ hath risen.
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4.
No longer must the mourners weep,Nor call departed Christians dead;
For Death is hallow'd into sleep,
And every grave becomes a bed.
5.
Now once moreEden's door
Open'd stands to mortal eyes:
For Christ hath ris'n, and man shall rise.
Now at last,
Old things past,
Hope, and joy, and peace begin:
For Christ hath won, and man shall win.
6.
It is not exile, rest on high:It is not sadness, peace from strife:
To fall asleep is not to die:
To dwell with Christ is better life.
7.
Where our banner leads us,We may safely go:
Where our Chief precedes us,
We may face the foe:
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He will guide us through:
Christ hath gone before us;
Christians! follow you!
8.
He shall soon deliverFrom ev'ry woe,
Alleluia,
If His paths ye tread:
Pleasures, as a river,
Shall round you flow,
Alleluia,
When ye see your Head.
9.
With loins up-girt, and staff in hand,And hasty mien, and sandal'd feet,
Around the Paschal Feast we stand,
And of the Paschal Lamb we eat.
10.
So shall He collect us,Direct us,
Protect us,
From Egypt's strand:
So shall He precede us,
And feed us,
And lead us
To Canaan's land.
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Friends quailing,
Hearts failing,
Shall threat in vain:
If He be providing,
Presiding,
And guiding
To Him again.
11.
Christ, our Leader,Monarch, Pleader,
Interceder,
Praise we and adore:
Exultation,
Veneration,
Gratulation,
Bringing evermore.
12.
Once despis'd and once rejectedWas this Stone that, now elected,
To a Corner-Stone perfected,
As a glorious trophy stands erected.
Amen.
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