A Joyful Song

A joy­ful song I love to sing

Of Je­sus

of Je­sus

The chords that thro’ my spi­rit ring

But speak of pre­cious Je­sus;

The bless­èd name I can but sing;

Afar from home He sought me

And in the full­ness of His love

His great sal­va­tion brought me.

Sing glo­ry

sing glo­ry!

And praise for­ev­er bring­ing;

The love of Je­sus

pre­cious love!

I can­not keep from singing.

My hope and joy

my sun­shine bright

Is Je­sus

my Je­sus;

His pre­sence is my chief de­light

My heart is filled with Je­sus:

And while that love throbs thro’ and thro’

In bond­ing pulse of plea­sure

My songs shall be both glad and free

I would not change the mea­sure.

Oh

come and join the songs I sing

Of Je­sus

of Je­sus!

And let the glo­ry-an­thems ring

Thro’ all the earth for Je­sus;

Then all a-tune thy soul shall join

The an­gel choirs of Heav­en;

The gates of pearl will soon un­furl

And end­less praise be giv­en.