Text: | Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee |
Author: | Henry van Dyke |
Tune: | HYMN TO JOY |
Composer: | Ludwig van Beethoven |
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,
Blossoming meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing fountain
Call us to rejoice in Thee!
3 Thou art giving and forgiving,
Ever blessing, ever blest,
Well-spring of the joy of living,
Ocean-depth of happy rest!
Thou the 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 mighty 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.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee |
Title: | Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee |
Author: | Henry van Dyke (1907) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. D. |
Publication Date: | 1957 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Worship: Adoration and Praise |
Copyright: | Words from The Poems of Henry van Dyke; copyrght 1911 by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939, by Tertius van Dyke. Reprinted by permission of the publishers. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HYMN TO JOY |
Composer: | Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. D. |
Key: | G Major |