Joy fills our inmost hearts today!

Joy fills our inmost hearts today!

Author: W. Chatterton Dix (~1865)
Tune: GAUDETE
Published in 44 hymnals

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Five Liturgical Pieces for Organ

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1 Joy fills our inmost hearts to-day!
The royal Child is born;
And angel hosts in glad array
His Advent keep this morn.
Rejoice, rejoice! Th'incarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard,
Emmanuel!

2 Low at the cradle throne we bend,
We wonder and adore;
And feel no bliss can ours transcend,
No joy was sweet before.
Rejoice, rejoice! Th'incarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard,
Emmanuel!

3 For us the world must lose its charms
Before the manger shrine,
When, folded in Thy mother's arms,
We see Thee, Babe divine.
Rejoice, rejoice! Th'incarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard,
Emmanuel!

4 Thou Light of uncreated Light,
Shine on us, Holy Child;
That we may keep Thy birthday bright,
With service undefiled.
Rejoice, rejoice! Th'incarnate Word
Has come on earth to dwell;
No sweeter sound than this is heard,
Emmanuel!

The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

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Author: W. Chatterton Dix

Dix, William Chatterton, son of John Dix, surgeon, of Bristol, author of the Life of Chatterton; Local Legends, &c, born at Bristol, June 14, 1837, and educated at the Grammar School of that city. Mr. Chatterton Dix's contributions to modern hymnody are numerous and of value. His fine Epiphany hymn, "As with gladness men of old,” and his plaintive ”Come unto Me, ye weary," are examples of his compositions, many of which rank high amongst modern hymns. In his Hymns of Love and Joy, 1861, Altar Songs, Verses on the Holy Eucharist, 1867; Vision of All Saints, &c, 1871; and Seekers of a City, 1878, some of his compositions were first published. The greater part, however, were contributed to H. A. & M. ; St. Raphaels Hymnbook, 1861; Lyra Euc… Go to person page >

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First Line: Joy fills our inmost hearts today!
Author: W. Chatterton Dix (~1865)
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6.8.4
Language: English
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Instances

Instances (44)TextImageAudioScore
Angelic Songs #d103
Church Hymns with Tunes #83
Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #534Image
Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, Authorized by the General Synod, the General Council, the United Synod in the South. #534Image
Gloria Deo: a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in all Departments of the Church #708Image
Hosanna for the Sunday School #71Image
Hymnal for children #d132
Hymnal for the Sunday School #17Image
Hymnal for the Sunday School. Rev. #d108
Hymns and Tunes for Children of the Church #d106
Hymns for the Living Age #d198
Hymns with Music for Children #d136
Immanuel Hymnal #d232
Our Sunday School: for the Sunday school and social meetings #98Image
Praise in Song #d111
School and Parish Hymnal: with tunes #55Image
School and Parish Hymnal: with tunes #56Image
Service and Hymns for Sunday Schools #d72
Songs of the Christian Life #104Image
Songs of Worship for the Sunday School #d120
Sunday-School Book: with music: for the use of the Evangelical Lutheran congregations (Rev. and Enl.) #79Image
Sunday School Hymns and Tunes #d48
The Best Loved Hymns and Prayers of the American People #d170
The Book of Common Praise, being the Hymn Book of the Church of England in Canada. Annotated ed. #d328
The Children's Hymnal (with tunes) #d120
The Children's Hymnal with Tunes #228Image
The Church Hymnal #d209
The Church Hymnal: revised and enlarged in accordance with the action of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892... #539Image
The Church Hymnal: revised and enlarged in accordance with the action of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892. (Ed. B) #539Image
The Church Hymnal Revised: containing hymns approved and set forth by the general convetions of 1892 and 1916; together with hymns for the use of guilds and brotherhoods, and for special occastions #312Image
The Coronation Hymnal #d195
The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #d327
The Hymnal: as authorized and approved by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1916 #552TextImage
The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer with accompanying tunes (3rd ed., rev. and enl.) #88Image
The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the of our Lord 1892..with music, as used in Trinity Church #539Image
The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #539TextImage
The Hymns from the Children's Hymnal; with a Service, for Sunday Schools #d122
The New Children's Hymnal #d170
The New Hymnary: a collection of hymns and tunes for Sunday Schools #82Image
The Parish School Hymnal #d166
The Pilgrim Hymnal: with responsive readings and other aids to worship #107Image
The Praise Hymnal #d226
The Primary Hymnal #d84
The St. Alban Hymnal #d203
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