Text: | Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers |
Author: | Laurentius Laurenti |
Translator: | Sarah Findlater |
Tune: | VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN |
Composer: | Melchior Teschner |
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 draweth nigh;
Up, pray and watch and wrestle!
At midnight comes the cry.
2 The watchers on the mountain
Proclaim the Bridegroom near;
Go meet Him as He cometh,
With hallelujahs clear.
The marriage-feast is waiting,
The gates wide open stand;
Up, up, ye heirs of glory;
The Bridegroom is at hand!
3 Ye saints, who here in patience
Your cross and suff'rings bore,
Shall live and reign forever
When sorrow is no more.
Around the throne of glory
The Lamb ye shall behold;
In triumph cast before Him
Your diadems of gold!
4 Our Hope and Expectation,
O Jesus, now appear;
Arise, Desire of nations,
O'er this benighted sphere.
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O Lord, to see
The day of earth’s redemption,
That brings us unto Thee!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Rejoice, rejoice, believers |
Title: | Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers |
German Title: | Ermuntert euch, ihr Frommen |
Translator: | Sarah Findlater (1854, alt.) |
Author: | Laurentius Laurenti (1700, cento) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1941 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Church Year: Advent |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN |
Composer: | Melchior Teschner (1613) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Key: | C Major |