Text: | Rejoice, All Ye Believers |
Author: | Laurentius Laurenti |
Tune: | GREENLAND |
Arranged from: | Johann Michael Haydn, 1737-1806 |
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 will draw 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 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, 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 | |
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First Line: | Rejoice, all ye believers! |
Title: | Rejoice, All Ye Believers |
Author: | Laurentius Laurenti (1700) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Jesus Christ: Return of |
Notes: | The wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Mt. 25:4. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GREENLAND |
Arranged from: | Johann Michael Haydn, 1737-1806 |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | M.M. 88 |