Songs of Rejoicing

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Songs of rejoicing now fall on our ears

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Tune: [Songs of rejoicing now fall on our ears]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Songs of rejoicing now fall on our ears,
Cheering our spirits and soothing our fears;
Hark! the new voices, in tuneful accord,
Sound the high praises of Jesus, our Lord.

Refrain:
Listen, O listen, and hear the glad song
Nations and kingdoms are wafting along;
Praise in the highest with rapture they sing,
Glory, all glory to Jesus, our king.

2 Lo! the sad silence is broken at last,
Bright is the dawning, the darkness is past;
Songs of redemption ring out on the air,
Jesus has conquered, His glory declare. [Refrain]

3 Heralds of Jesus have gone to proclaim
Tidings of gladness and peace through His name;
Multitudes waiting for light from above
Hail the sweet message of light and of love. [Refrain]

4 Spread the good tidings, for all have not heard—
Prisoners of darkness await the glad word;
Voices now silent shall tunefully sing
Loud hallelujahs to Jesus our king. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15982

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Author: Julia H. Johnston

Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Songs of rejoicing now fall on our ears
Title:	Songs of Rejoicing
Author:	Julia H. Johnston
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Listen, O listen, and hear the glad song
Copyright:	Public Domain