Now the Green Blade Rises
An Easter carol: like wheat from buried grain, Jesus rises from the grave and love comes again.
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“Now the Green Blade Rises” at HymnaryAbout this hymn
This Easter hymn compares Jesus to a grain of wheat. He was laid in the earth for three days, and he rose again as new wheat springs up green. The last stanza says that he also brings new life to hearts that are cold or grieving.
It rests on John 12:24, where Jesus says that a grain of wheat must fall into the earth and die in order to bear much fruit, and on the Easter Gospel of the empty tomb.
It is sung in the Easter season. John Macleod Campbell Crum, an English priest, wrote it for The Oxford Book of Carols in 1928.
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| Words | John Macleod Campbell Crum, 1928 | Public domain |
|---|---|---|
| Tune | NOËL NOUVELET · French traditional | Public domain |
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