Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#534

534. Joy fills our inmost hearts today

1 Joy fills our inmost hearts today,
The royal Child is born:
And angel hosts, in glad array,
His Advent keep this morn.

Refrain:
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. [Refrain]

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. [Refrain]

4 Thou Light of uncreated Light,
Shine on us, Holy Child,
That we may keep Thy Birthday bright,
With service undefiled. [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Joy fills our inmost hearts today
• Author: William Chatterton Dix (1865)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Hymns for Children

Tune Information

• Name: GAUDETE
• Composer: Samuel Smith (1874)
• Meter: C. M. With Refrain
• Key: C Major