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With heavenly rejoicing we onward go

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1 With heav’n­ly re­joic­ing we on­ward go,
The world left be­hind us, and ev­ery foe;
We hast­en away o’er the de­sert sand,
We’ll soon reach the bor­der of Beu­lah land.

Refrain:
The Li­on of Ju­dah has fought and won,
Destroying the pow’r of the ev­il one;
From dark­ness and bond­age, He set me free—
Rejoicing, I go shout­ing vic­to­ry!

2 The path may seem drea­ry, and long the day,
And dan­gers may threat­en along my way,
But trust­ing in Him, I shall ne­ver fear,
And soon I’ll be home where there’s peace and cheer. [Refrain]

3 Take cour­age and fear not, thou lit­tle flock,
The world may des­pise you, may jeer and mock;
The end of af­flict­ion and scorn is nigh,
Each day draw­eth near­er your home on high. [Refrain]

4 He’s com­ing to meet us, He’ll soon be here,
We’ll join Him on high and go with Him there;
Oh, won­der­ful joy when His face I see:
I’ll praise and ad­ore Him, eter­nal­ly! [Refrain]


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16455

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Author: Joel Blomqvist

Blomqvist, Joël. (Stockholm, Sweden, November 15, 1840--October 30, 1930, Kullarstad, Sweden). Swedish Free Church Movement. Upholsterer by trade, lay preacher and singer. Colporteur for Uppsala City Mission, 1874-1878. Wrote about 400 hymn texts in the pietistic tradition and almost as many tunes. Published several hymn collections including Sabbatsklockan, 1877-1878, and Fridstoner, 1879-1882. Edited musical periodical, Fridsrösten, 1884-1886. His works are representative of the Rosenian revival period. Author of "Heavenly Father, Hear My Supplication," (Helige Fader, böj ditt öra neder), "Heavenly Spirit, Gentle Spirit" (Himladuva, Ande ljuva), "Praise the Lord, All Praise and Blessing" (Loven Herren, ty att lova), and "Sabbath Day o… Go to person page >

Author: Nathaniel Carlson

Born: Ap­ril 17, 1879, Go­then­burg, Swe­den. Died: Au­gust 2, 1957, Min­ne­a­po­lis, Min­ne­so­ta. Carlson was ed­u­cat­ed at the Free Church Bi­ble School, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, and North­west Bi­ble Coll­ege, Storm Lake, Io­wa. He served as a pas­tor in the Evan­gel­ic­al Free Church, and ed­it­ed the Chi­ca­go­blad­et. The au­thor of ma­ny orig­in­al hymns and trans­la­tions, his works in­clude: Songs of Trust and Tri­umph (three edi­tions, 1929-32) --www.hymntime.com/tch/bio  Go to person page >

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First Line: With heavenly rejoicing we onward go
Author: Joel Blomqvist
Author: Nathaniel Carlson
Refrain First Line: The Lion of Judah has fought and won
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