Chorale Book for England

||:Hallelujah:||

Oh rejoice, ye Christians, loudly,

For your joy is now begun;

Wondrous things our God hath done;

Tell abroad His goodness proudly,

Who our race hath honour'd thus

That he deigns to dwell with us:

Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!

Christ hath done away with sadness!

Hence, all sorrow and repining,

For the Son of grace is shining.

See, my soul, thy Saviour chooses

Weakness here and poverty,

In such love He comes to thee,

Nor the hardest couch refuses;

All He suffers for thy good,

To redeem thee by His blood:

Joy, then, joy beyond all gladness!

Christ hath done away with sadness!

Hence, all sorrow and repining,

For the Sun of grace is shining.

Lord, how thall I thank Thee rightly?

I acknowledge that from Thee

Every blessing flows to me.

Let me not forget it lightly,

But to Thee through all things cleave;

So shall heart and mind receive

Joy, yea, joy beyond all gladness!

Christ hath done away with sadness!

Hence, all sorrow, all repining,

For the Sun of grace is shining!

Jesu, guard and guide Thy members,

Fill Thy brethren with Thy grace,

Hear their prayers in every place,

Quicken now life's faintest embers;

Grant all Christians, far and near,

Holy peace, a glad New Year!

Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!

Christ hath done away with sadness!

Hence, all sorrow, all repining,

For the Sun of grace is shining!