Text: | Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You |
Author: | Henry Van Dyke |
Tune: | HYMN TO JOY |
Arranger: | Edward Hodges, 1796-1867 |
Composer: | Ludwig van Beethoven |
1 Joyful, joyful, we adore you,
God of glory, Lord of love;
hearts unfold like flow'rs before you,
op'ning to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the dark of doubt away;
giver of immortal gladness,
fill us with the light of day!
2 All your works with joy surround you,
earth and heav'n reflect your rays,
stars and angels sing around you,
center of unbroken praise;
field and forest, vale and mountain,
flow'ry meadow, flashing sea,
chanting bird and flowing fountain
praising you eternally!
3 Always giving and forgiving,
ever blessing, ever blessed,
well-spring of the joy of living,
ocean depth of happy rest!
Loving Father, Christ our brother,
let your light upon us shine;
teach us how to love each other,
lift us to the joy divine.
4 Mortals join the mighty chorus,
which the morning stars began;
God's own love is reigning o’er us,
joining people hand in hand.
Ever singing, march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife;
joyful music leads us sunward
in the triumph song of life.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Joyful, joyful, we adore you |
Title: | Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You |
Author: | Henry Van Dyke (1907, alt.) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Adoration and praise; God--Creator; God--Goodness of(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HYMN TO JOY |
Composer: | Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) |
Arranger: | Edward Hodges, 1796-1867 (alt.) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.D. |
Key: | G Major |
Notes: | Alternate setting, hymn 665 |