LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 D
| | Writer(s): | Henry Jackson van Dyke
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1907,1911
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 71:23; Is 61:10
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 44
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 425
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 71
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
|
| 1
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 464
| STELBAP
|
| 264
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 403
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 19
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 281
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 376
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 152
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 89
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MUSIC
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 214
| No key
| American Catholic Hymnbook
| 221
| No key
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 215
| G
| Baptist Hymnal
| 44
| G
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 1
| G
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| 1. Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like
flowers before Thee,
opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness,
fill us with the light of day!
2. All Thy works
with joy surround Thee,
earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels
sing around Thee,
center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest,
vale and mountain,
flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Singing bird and flowing fountain
call us to rejoice in Thee.
3. Thou art giving and forgiving,
ever blessing, ever blessed,
Wellspring of the joy of living,
ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father,
Christ our Brother,
all who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other,
lift us to the joy divine.
4. Mortals, join the happy chorus,
which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o’er us,
brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful music leads us Sunward
in the triumph song of life.
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