The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3010

3010. In Thee Is Gladness

1. In Thee is gladness, amid all sadness,
Jesus, sunshine of my heart.
By Thee are given the gifts of Heaven,
Thou the true Redeemer art.
Our souls Thou makest, our bonds Thou breakest;
Who trusts Thee surely hath built securely,
And stands forever. Alleluia!

2. If God be ours, we fear no powers,
Not of earth or sin or death.
God sees and blesses in worst distresses,
And can change them in a breath.
Wherefore the story tell of God’s glory
With heart and voices; all Heaven rejoices,
Singing forever: Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: In Thee is gladness, amid all sadness
• Title: In Thee Is Gladness
• German Title: In dir ist Freude
• Author: Johann Lindemann (1598)
• Translator (from German): Catherine Winkworth (1858)
• Meter: irr.
• Language: English
• Source: Amorum Filii Dei Decades Duae (Erfurt, Germany: 1598); Translation: Lyra Germanica, second series, 1858
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: IN DIR IST FREUDE
• Composer: Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1593)
• Meter: irr.
• Incipit: 55431 55431 54321
• Key: F Major
• Source: From the madrigal ALIETA VITA, adapted in Baletti a cinque voci, Giovanni G. Gastoldi, 1593
• Copyright: Public Domain