On Our Way Rejoicing

Words:
John S. B. Monsell
Music:
Franz Josef Haydn

Sheet music

  1. 1On our way rejoicing,As we home ward move,Hearken to our praises,O Thou God of love!Is there grief or sadness?Thine it cannot be;Is our sky beclouded?Clouds are not from Thee.On our way rejoicing,As we homeward move,Hearken to our praises,O Thou God of love!
  2. 2If with honest-heartedLove for God and man,Day by day Thou find usDoing what we can,Thou Who givest the seedtimeWilt give large increase,Crown the head with blessings,Fill the heart with peace.On our way rejoicing,As we homeward move,Hearken to our praises,O Thou God of love!
  3. 3On our way rejoicingGladly let us go;Victor is our Leader,Vanquished is the foe.Christ without, our safety;Christ within, our Joy;Who, if we be faithful,Can our hope destroy?On our way rejoicing,As we homeward move,Hearken to our praises,O Thou God of love!
  4. 4Unto God the FatherJoyful songs we sing;Unto God the SaviorThankful heart we bring;Unto God the SpiritBow we and adore,On our way rejoicingEver, evermore.On our way rejoicing,As we homeward move,Hearken to our praises,O Thou God of love!
  5. 5On our way rejoicing,As we homeward move,Hearken to our praises,O Thou God of love!Amen.On our way rejoicing,As we homeward move,Hearken to our praises,O Thou God of love!

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1863, the words are in 218 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are 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.

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