Praise
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
- Words:
- Henry J. van Dyke, 1907.
- Music:
- 'Ode to Joy' Ludwig van Beethoven; Adapted by Edward Hodges, 1824.
- Setting:
- "The Methodist Hymnal", 1905.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7
- 1Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,God of glory, Lord of love;Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee,opening to the sun above.Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;drive the dark of doubt away;Giver of immortal gladness,fill us with the light of day!
- 2All Thy works with joy surround Thee,earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,Stars and angels sing around Thee,center of unbroken praise.Field and forest, vale and mountain,flowery meadow, flashing sea,Singing bird and flowing fountaincall us to rejoice in Thee.
- 3Thou art giving and forgiving,ever blessing, ever blessed,Wellspring of the joy of living,ocean depth of happy rest!Thou our Father, Christ our Brother,all who live in love are Thine;Teach us how to love each other,lift us to the joy divine.
- 4Mortals, join the happy chorus,which the morning stars began;Father love is reigning o'er us,brother love binds man to man.Ever singing, march we onward,victors in the midst of strife,Joyful music leads us Sunwardin the triumph song of life.
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- Written in 1907, the words are in 310 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.