Text: | Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers |
Author: | L. Laurenti |
Translator: | Sarah B. Findlater |
Tune: | GREENLAND |
Composer: | J. Michael Haydn, d. 1806 |
1 Rejoice, rejoice, believers!
And let your lights appear;
The evening is advancing
And darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising,
And soon He will draw nigh;
Up! go ye out to meet Him!
At midnight comes the cry.
2 See that your lights are burning;
Replenish them with oil;
Look now for your salvation,
The end of sin and toil.
The watchers on the mountain
Proclaim the Bridegroom near;
Go meet Him as He cometh,
With alleluias clear.
3 O wise and holy virgins,
Now raise your voices higher,
Until in songs of triumph
Ye meet the angel choir.
The marriage-feast is waiting,
The gates wide open stand;
Up, up, ye heirs of glory!
The Bridegroom is at hand.
4 Our hope and expectation,
O Jesus, now appear;
Arise, thou Sun so longed for,
O'er this benighted sphere!
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O Lord, to see
The days of earth's redemption,
And ever be with Thee!
Amem.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Rejoice, rejoice, believers! |
Title: | Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers |
Author: | L. Laurenti (1700) |
Translator: | Sarah B. Findlater (1854) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Publication Date: | 1957 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: His Coming in Glory |
Notes: | Arr., 1819, from J. Michael Haydn, d. 1806 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GREENLAND |
Composer: | J. Michael Haydn, d. 1806 |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Key: | E♭ Major |