On Our Way Rejoicing

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1 On our way rejoicing,
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou God of love!
Is there grief or sadness?
Thine it cannot be!
Is our sky beclouded?
Clouds are not from Thee!
On our way rejoicing,
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou God of love!

2 If with honest-hearted
Love for God and man,
Day by day Thou find us
Doing what we can,
Thou Who giv'st the seed-time
Wilt give large increase,
Crown the head with blessings,
Fill the heart with peace.
On our way rejoicing,
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou God of love!

3 On our way rejoicing
Gladly let us go;
Conquered hath our Leader!
Vanquished is our foe!
Christ without, our safety;
Christ within, our joy;
Who, if we be faithful,
Can our hope destroy?
On our way rejoicing,
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou God of love!

4 Unto God the Father
Joyful songs we sing;
Unto God the Saviour
Thankful hearts we bring;
Unto God the Spirit
Bow we and adore,
On our way rejoicing
Now and evermore.
On our way rejoicing,
As we homeward move,
Hearken to our praises,
O Thou God of love!

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

Author: John S. B. Monsell

John Samuel Bewley Monsell (b. St. Colomb's, Londonderry, Ireland, 1811; d. Guilford, Surrey, England, 1875) was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and served as a chaplain and rector of several churches in Ireland after his ordination in 1835. Transferred to England in 1853, he became rector of Egham in Surrey and was rector of St. Nicholas Church in Guilford from 1870 until his death (caused by a construction accident at his church). A prolific poet, Monsell published his verse in eleven volumes. His three hundred hymns, many celebrating the seasons of the church year, were issued in collections such as Hymns and Miscellaneous Poems (1837), Spiritual Songs (1857), Hymns of Love and Praise (1863), and The Parish Hymnal (1873). Bert P… Go to person page >

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First Line: On our way rejoicing, as we homeward move
Title: On Our Way Rejoicing
Author: John S. B. Monsell (1863)
Meter: 6.5.6.5 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

On our way rejoicing as we homeward [onward] move. J. S. B. Monsell. [Joy.] Appeared in his Hymns of Love and Praise, 1863, p. 124, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, and appointed for the 1st Sunday after Trinity. It was rewritten by him for his Parish Hymnal, 1873, No. 155, the principal change being the addition of the first four lines from stanza i., as a refrain to each stanza. These changes were made to adapt the hymn as a Processional, and appeared elsewhere before the Parish Hymnal.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Book of Song and Service #14

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A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. #497

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #29

Ambassador Hymnal #248

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American Junior Church School Hymnal #188

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An Evening Service Book #86

Angelic Songs #d149

Book of Common Praise #d444

Cân a Mawl #128b

Carmina for Social Worship #d197

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Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #32

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Christ in Song #659

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Christian Song #359

Christian Worship #417

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Church Hymns and Tunes #386

Church Hymns with Tunes #478

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Columbia University Hymnal #204

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Common Praise #467

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Concordia #222

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Echoes of Paradise #25

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Elmhurst Hymnal #29

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Evangelical Lutheran Worship #537

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Gloria Deo #440

Gloria in Excelsis #d532

Gloria in Excelsis #d325

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Gloria in Excelsis #52

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Gloria #125

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Hymnal Amore Dei #132

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #510

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #665

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #665

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Hymnal for American Youth #25

Hymnal for children #d159

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Hymnal with Music for Children #45

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Hymnal with Music for Children #45

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Hymnal, Amore Dei #132

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Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a132

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Hymni Ecclesiae #373

Hymns and Songs #ad27

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Hymns and Songs for the Sunday School #8

Hymns and Songs I #d27

Hymns and Songs IV #aad27

Hymns and Tunes for Children of the Church #d151

Hymns for Schools, with Supplement #19

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Hymns for the Church #286

Hymns for the King's Children #d86

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Hymns for the Living Age #49

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Hymns of Grace and Truth #351

Hymns of Grace and Truth. 2nd ed. #d271

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Hymns of Praise with Tunes #16

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Hymns of the Centuries (Chapel Edition) #234

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Hymns of the Centuries #125

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Hymns of the Church Universal #292

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Hymns of the Church #503

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #193

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Hymns of the Faith #256

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #255

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #255

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #299

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Hymns of the United Church #187

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Hymns of the United Church #187

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Hymns of Worship and Service #384

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Hymns of Worship and Service (15th ed.) #384

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Hymns of Worship and Service (Chapel Ed., 4th ed.) #279

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Hymns of Worship and Service #384

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Hymns of Worship and Service #279

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Hymns of Worship and Service #52

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Hymns of Worship and Service #52

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Hymns of Worship and Service. (Chapel ed.) #279

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Ideal Sunday School Hymns #154

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In Excelsis for School and Chapel #264

In Excelsis for School and Chapel. l7th ed. #d188

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In Excelsis #838

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In Excelsis #a838

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International Praise #14

Jewel Selections #d133

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Laudes Domini #1163

Love and Praise #d101

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Lutheran Book of Worship #260

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Magnificat #12

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Make His Praise Glorious #9

Melody for the Sunday School #d64

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New Gospel Quartets for Men's Voices #47

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #757

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Pilgrim Songs (Number Two) #221

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Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #152

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Praise and Thanks #B2-12

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Praise in Song #159

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Praise Songs #186

Prayer and Praise Book #d120

Processional Hymns, for Use in the Cathedral of All Saints, Albany, New York #d37

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Scripture and Song in Worship #74

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Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #195

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #68

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Songs Celestial #10

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Songs for the Chapel #61

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #3

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #3

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Songs of Service #74

Songs of Service. Rev. ed. #a74

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