Praise
Rejoice, O Pilgrim Throng
- Words:
- Edward H. Plumptre, 1865, alt. Music: 'Marion' Arthur H. Messiter, 1883.
- Setting:
- "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged", 1893 (Messiter Edition).
- Metre:
- 6 6 8 6 10
- 1Rejoice, O pilgrim throng!Rejoice, give thanks, and sing;Your festal banner wave on high,The cross of Christ your King.Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, Give thanks and sing.
- 2With all the angel choirs,With all the saints on earth,Pour out the strains of joy and bliss,True rapture, noblest mirth.Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, Give thanks and sing.
- 3With voice as full and strongAs ocean's surging praise,Send forth the hymns our fathers loved,The psalms of ancient days.Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, Give thanks and sing.
- 4Still lift your standard high,Still march in firm array,As warriors through the darkness toil,Till dawns the golden day.Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, Give thanks and sing.
- 5Yes, on through life's long path,Still chanting as ye go;From youth to age, by night and day,In gladness and in woe.Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, Give thanks and sing.
- 6Yes onward, onward still With hymn, and chant and song,Through gate, and porch and columned aisle, The hallowed pathways throng.
- 7At last the march shall end; The wearied ones shall rest;The pilgrims find their Father's house, Jerusalem the bless'd.
- 8Then on, ye pure in heart! Rejoice, give thanks and sing!Your festal banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King.
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- The tune, Marion, is in 328 hymnals. The tune →
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. 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.