Rejoice! Today Earth Tells Abroad

Rejoice! to­day earth tells abroad

With ho­ly ve­ne­ra­tion

The glad­some Pass­ov­er of God

The feast of ex­ul­ta­tion.

Christ now from death to life

From bond­age to re­lease

To rest from wea­ry strife

His own hath brought to peace.

Rejoice

re­joice

re­joice

Rejoice

re­joice

Sing al­le­luia.

All hail! we know the Mas­ter’s voice

Those words of true en­dear­ing;

The heav’n­ly bride must needs re­joice

In her dear king’s ap­pear­ing;

With hearts from ev­il free

We turn to Him

the Light

Death’s con­quer­or we see

And life is in the sight!

Let all the world be ve­ry glad

And all that is with­in it;

He who awhile do­min­ion had

No more

thank God

may win it!

Heav’n keeps the roy­al feast;

Hell

at the sight dis­mayed

Grows faint be­fore the least

Before the faint

afraid!