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This Is the Threefold Truth
Verse 1
This is the threefold truth
On which our faith depends;
And with this joyful cry
Worship begins and ends;.
On which our faith depends;
And with this joyful cry
Worship begins and ends;.
Refrain
Christ had died!Christ has risen!
Christ will come again!
Christ will come again!
Verse 2
By this we are upheldWhen doubt and grief assail
Our Christian fortitude
And only grace avails
Our Christian fortitude
And only grace avails
Verse 3
This is the threefold truth
Which, if we hold it fast,
Changes the world and us
And brings us home at last.
Which, if we hold it fast,
Changes the world and us
And brings us home at last.
Flint's hymn emphasizes core Christian doctrines of creation, redemption, and resurrection in a contemplative style.