320: Rejoice, All Ye Believers


1 Rejoice, all ye 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 See that your lamps are burning;
Replenish them with oil;
And wait for your salvation,
The end of earthly toil.
The watchers on the mountain
Proclaim the Bridegroom near,
Go meet him as he cometh,
With Alleluias clear.

3 Ye saints, who here in patience
Your cross and suff'rings bore,
Shall live and reign for ever,
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, thou Sun so longed for,
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.

Text information — copy
First Line:Rejoice, all ye believers
Title:Rejoice, All Ye Believers
Author:Laurentius Lurenti (1700)
Translator:Sarah B. Findlater (1854)
Meter:7.6.7.6.D.
Scripture:Malachi 4:2; Matthew 25:6
Topic:Watchfulness; Christ | Bridegroom; Heaven | Redeemed in; Jesus Christ | His Second Coming and Judgment
Language:English
Tune information — copy
Tune name:LANCASHIRE
Composer:Henry Smart (1836; alt. 1990)
Meter:7.6.7.6.D.
Key:C Major

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