Hallelujah, Hallelujah
O Rejoice, Ye Christians, Loudly

Words: G. F. Kayser, trans., Catherine Winkworth

Music: Freuet Euch, Ihr Christen Alle, A. Hammerschmidt

Source: O. Hardwig, ed., Wartburg Hymnal (Chicago: Wartburg Publishing House, 1918), #133

1. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

O rejoice, ye Christians, loudly,
For our joy has now begun;
Wondrous things our God hath done;
Tell abroad His goodness proudly,
Who our race hath honored thus
That He deigns to dwell with us.

Joy, O joy, beyond all gladness!
Christ has done away with sadness!
Hence, all sorrow and repining,
For the Sun of grace is shining!

2. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

See, my soul, thy Savior chooses
Weakness here and poverty;
In such love He comes to thee,
Nor the hardest couch 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 Sun of grace is shining!

3. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

Lord, how shall I thank Thee rightly!
I acknowledge that by Thee
I am saved eternally.
Let me not forget it lightly,
But to Thee through all things 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 Sun of grace is shining!

4. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

Jesus, guide and guard 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 Sun of grace is shining!

Sheet Music from O. Hardwig, ed., The Wartburg Hymnal (Chicago: Wartburg Publishing House, 1918)

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