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Meter: 3.3.7.7.7.7.7.4.4.4.4.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Georg Joseph Tune Sources: C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784) Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 51621 75567 1171 Used With Text: Church, Rejoice!

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Church, Rejoice!

Author: Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt, 1675-1723; Russell G. Holder, 1896-_____ Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Church, rejoice! Raise thy voice, Sing Jehovah’s worthy praise; Extol His Name forever; Laud Him, our God and Savior; Proclaim to every nation The tidings of salvation; Bear ye witness To His greatness; Spread the story Of His glory To the earth’s remotest bound. 2 Church, unite For the right; Let thy foes behold thy stand; Rebuke them for their error; Inspire with hope and fervor; Declare the Savior’s merit And how the Holy Spirit By His power, Every hour, Will direct us And protect us In a world of sin and strife. 3 Church, go forth O’er the earth; Christ, thy Head, has hallowed thee, A chosen Bride forever, Adorned for our Savior; Be strong and be not cheerless, And may thy saints be fearless; In all places, With all races, May that story Of His glory Be the hope of all the world. Topics: The Church's Life and Work Spread of the Gospel Used With Tune: CHURCH, REJOICE

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Church, Rejoice!

Author: Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt, 1675-1723; Russell G. Holder, 1896-_____ Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #259 (1969) Lyrics: 1 Church, rejoice! Raise thy voice, Sing Jehovah’s worthy praise; Extol His Name forever; Laud Him, our God and Savior; Proclaim to every nation The tidings of salvation; Bear ye witness To His greatness; Spread the story Of His glory To the earth’s remotest bound. 2 Church, unite For the right; Let thy foes behold thy stand; Rebuke them for their error; Inspire with hope and fervor; Declare the Savior’s merit And how the Holy Spirit By His power, Every hour, Will direct us And protect us In a world of sin and strife. 3 Church, go forth O’er the earth; Christ, thy Head, has hallowed thee, A chosen Bride forever, Adorned for our Savior; Be strong and be not cheerless, And may thy saints be fearless; In all places, With all races, May that story Of His glory Be the hope of all the world. Topics: The Church's Life and Work Spread of the Gospel Languages: English Tune Title: CHURCH, REJOICE

Church, Rejoice!

Author: Johann D. Herrnschmidt, 1675-1723; Russell G. Holder Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #631 (1995) Meter: 3.3.7.7.7.7.7.4.4.4.4.7 Lyrics: 1 Church, rejoice! Raise your voice, sing Jehovah’s worthy praise; extol his name forever; laud him, our God and Savior; proclaim to ev'ry nation the tidings of salvation; bear the witness to his greatness; spread the story of his glory to the earth’s remotest bounds. 2 Church, unite for the right; let your foes behold your stand; rebuke them for their error; inspire with hope and fervor; declare the Savior’s merit and how the Holy Spirit by his power, ev'ry hour, will direct us and protect us in a world of sin and strife. 3 Church, go forth o’er the earth; Christ, your head, has hallowed you, a chosen bride forever, adorned now for our Savior; be strong and be not cheerless, and may your saints be fearless; in all places, with all races, may that story of his glory be the hope of all the world. Topics: Spread of the Gospel; Church--Unity; Spread of the Gospel Scripture: Colossians 1:18-29 Languages: English Tune Title: CHURCH, REJOICE!

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J. D. Herrnschmidt

1675 - 1723 Person Name: Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt, 1675-1723 Author (stanza 1) of "Church, Rejoice!" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Herrnschmidt, Johann Daniel, was born April 11, 1675, at Bopfingen, in Württemberg, where his father, G. A. Herrnschmidt, was from 1673-1702 diaconus, and 1702-1714 Town preacher. He entered the University of Altdorf in 1696 (M.A. 1698), and in the autumn of 1698 went to Halle. In the spring of 1702 he became assistant to his father, and in July, 1702, Heifer at the Town church. In 1712 he became superintendent, court preacher and consistorialrath at Idstein, and in the same year graduated D.D. at Halle. He was finally, in 1715, appointed Professor of Theology at Halle, and in 1716 also sub-director of the Orphanage and the Padagogium there. He died at Halle, Feb. 5, 1723 (Koch, iv. 349-354, 569, &c). He was one of the best hymnwriters of the older Pietistic school. His hymns are Scriptural, and mirror his inner life, but do not possess much poetic force. They were almost all written during his first residence at Halle, 1698-1702, and appeared mostly in Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesang Buch1704. Three have passed into English, viz.:— i. Gott wills machen, dass die Sachen. Trust in God. 1704, No. 417, in 17 stanzas of 6 lines, repeated as No. 706 in the Unvfälschter Liedersegen, 1851. It is founded on the Gospel for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany (St. Matt. viii. 23-27); and is full of clear cut, almost proverbial sayings. Translated as: (1) "God will make it, canst thou take it," in the Supplement to German Psalmody, ed. 1765, p. 63. (2) "Storms and winds may blow and batter," as No. 455 in the Moravian Hymn Book 1789. In the 1801 and later eds. (1886, No. 626), it begins, "Storms of trouble may assail us." (3) “God so guides us, what betides us," by N. L. Frothingham, 1870, p. 251. The two remaining hymns (ii., iii.) are annotated under Various. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Georg Joseph

1630 - 1668 Person Name: George Joseph Composer of "CHURCH, REJOICE" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Born: Probably circa 1630, Breslau, Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland). Died: Circa 1668. A musician in the service of the Prince-Bishop of Breslau in last half of the 17th Century, Joseph collaborated published five hymn volumes with Johann Scheffler. Sources Erickson, p. 325 Stulken, p. 218 Music: ANGELUS --www.hymntime.com/tch