The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13075

13075. Today Be Joy In Every Heart

1 Today be joy in every heart,
For lo, the angel throng
Once more above the listening earth
Repeats the advent song:

2 "Peace on the earth, good-will to men!"
Before us goes the star
That leads us on to holier births
And life diviner far.

3 Ye men of strife, forget today
Your harshness and your hate;
Too long ye stay the promised years
For which the nations wait!

4 And ye upon the tented field,
Sheathe, sheathe today the sword!
By love, and not by might, shall come
The kingdom of the Lord.

5 O star of human faith and hope!
Thy light shall lead us on,
Until it fades in morning’s glow,
And heav’n on earth is won.

Text Information

• First Line: Today be joy in every heart
• Title: Today Be Joy In Every Heart
• Author: Frederick L. Hosmer (1877)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune GERONTIUS by John B. Dykes

Tune Information

• Name: BEATITUDO
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1875)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Hymn Tunes of the United Brethren, 1824; Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
• Copyright: Public Domain