Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
1
O rejoice, ye Christians, loudly,
For our joy has now begun,
Wondrous things our God has done.
Tell abroad His goodness proudly,
Who our race has honoured thus:
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!
Christ has done away with sadness.
Hence, all sorrow and repining,
For the son of grace is shining.
2
See, my soul, thy Saviour chooses
Weakness here and poverty —
In such love He comes to thee —
Nor the manger hard refuses;
All He suffers for thy good,
To redeem thee by His blood:
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!
Christ has done away with sadness.
Hence, all sorrow and repining,
For the son of grace is shining.
3
Lord, how shall I think Thee rightly?
I acknowledge that by Thee
I am saved eternally.
Let me not forget it lightly,
But to Thee at all times cleave,
And my heart true peace receive:
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!
Christ has done away with sadness.
Hence, all sorrow and repining,
For the son of grace is shining.
4
Jesus, guard and guide Thy members,
Fill Thy brethren with Thy grace,
Hear their prayers in every place.
Quicken now life’s faintest embers;
Grant all Christians, far and near,
Holy peace, a glad new year:
Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!
Christ has done away with sadness.
Hence, all sorrow and repining,
For the son of grace is shining.