{"id":144971,"date":"2026-05-05T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144971"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:13:39","slug":"more-music-for-easter-come-ye-faithful-raise-the-strain-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144971","title":{"rendered":"More Music for Easter\u2013Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wseT2hoardw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain<br \/>\nof triumphant gladness;<br \/>\nGod hath brought his Israel<br \/>\ninto joy from sadness;<br \/>\nloosed from Pharaoh&#8217;s bitter yoke<br \/>\nJacob&#8217;s sons and daughters;<br \/>\nled them with unmoistened foot<br \/>\nthrough the Red Sea waters.<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8216;Tis the spring of souls today;<br \/>\nChrist hath burst his prison,<br \/>\nand from three days&#8217; sleep in death<br \/>\nas a sun hath risen;<br \/>\nall the winter of our sins,<br \/>\nlong and dark, is flying<br \/>\nfrom his light, to whom we give<br \/>\nlaud and praise undying.<\/p>\n<p>3 Now the queen of seasons, bright<br \/>\nwith the day of splendor,<br \/>\nwith the royal feast of feasts,<br \/>\ncomes its joy to render;<br \/>\ncomes to glad Jerusalem,<br \/>\nwho with true affection<br \/>\nwelcomes in unwearied strains<br \/>\nJesus&#8217; resurrection.<\/p>\n<p>4 Neither might the gates of death,<br \/>\nnor the tomb&#8217;s dark portal,<br \/>\nnor the watchers, nor the seal<br \/>\nhold thee as a mortal:<br \/>\nbut today amidst thine own<br \/>\nthou didst stand, bestowing<br \/>\nthine own peace, which evermore<br \/>\npasseth human knowing.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics: 1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness; God hath brought his Israel into joy from sadness; loosed from Pharaoh&#8217;s bitter yoke Jacob&#8217;s sons and daughters; led them with unmoistened foot through the Red Sea waters. 2<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144971\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-easter","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144973,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144971\/revisions\/144973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}