Alway in the Lord rejoice. J. S. B. Monsell. [Joy in the Lord.] Written in Italy and first published in his Spiritual Songs, 1857 and 1875, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines. It is based on the Epistle for the 4th Sunday in Advent. It has not come into common use in Great Britain. In the American College Hymnal, N. Y., 1876, No. 314, st. i.-iv. and vii. are given with slight alteration.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)