LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) and refra
| Writer(s): | William Chatterton Dix
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | c.1865
| Bible Refs: | Lk 2:10
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 312
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 88
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 81
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 113
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 552
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MUSIC
| Name: | GAUDETE
| | Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Samuel Smith
| | Dates: |
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| 1. Joy fills our inmost hearts today!
The royal Child is born:
And angel hosts in glad array
His advent keep this morn.
Refrain.
Rejoice, rejoice!
Th段ncarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound
than this is heard
Emmanuel!
2. Low at the cradle throne we bend,
We wonder and adore;
And feel no bliss
can ours transcend,
No joy was sweet before.
Refrain.
Rejoice, rejoice!
Th段ncarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound
than this is heard
Emmanuel!
3. For us the world
must lose its charms
Before the manger shrine,
When, folded in Thy mother痴 arms,
We see Thee, Babe divine.
Refrain.
Rejoice, rejoice!
Th段ncarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound
than this is heard
Emmanuel!
4. Thou Light of uncreated Light,
Shine on us, holy Child;
That we may keep
Thy birthday bright,
With service undefiled.
Refrain.
Rejoice, rejoice!
Th段ncarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound
than this is heard
Emmanuel!
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