The Morning Stars Sang Together ‎#76

76. Welcome! welcome!

1 Welcome, welcome is the greeting,
Which this day we give our friends,
Happy, happy be the meeting
Providence so kindly lends.

Chorus:
Hands of cheer and heart sincere,
Find we in our comrades here;
Angels lead us day by day,
In the righteous way.

2 Love of souls the richest treasure,
Casting out each earth-born fear,
Let the smile of social pleasure
Gleam o'er all the objects here. [Chorus]

3 Like the sun, your feelings glowing,
Clothe these hours so blest in light.
So like him, when thou art going,
Leave behind a radiance bright;-- [Chorus]

4 Rays of brilliant thoughts to quicken,
Beams to warm the souls with love,
That when clouds of sorrow thicken,
They may lure to worlds above. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Welcome, welcome is the greeting
• Title: Welcome! welcome!
• Refrain First Line: Hands of cheer and heart sincere
• Publication Date: 1897
• Notes: Now Public Domain. (Anniversary).

Tune Information

• Name: [Welcome, welcome is the greeting]
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.