{"slug": "rejoice-rejoice-believers", "title": "Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers", "first_line": "Rejoice, rejoice, believers", "author": "laurentius-laurenti", "author_date": "1700", "translator": "sarah-borthwick-findlater", "translator_date": "1854", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Advent", "Second Coming", "Watchfulness"], "scripture": "Matthew 25:10", "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Laurentius Laurenti (1660-1722), Ermuntert euch, ihr Frommen, in Evangelia Melodica, 1700; translated by Sarah Borthwick Findlater (1823-1907) in Hymns from the Land of Luther, first series, 1854, as the Cyber Hymnal page itself credits (Words: Laurentius Laurenti, Evangelica Melodica, 1700; Translated from German to English by Sarah B. Findlater, Hymns from the Land of Luther, first series, 1854). Hymnary.org text authority rejoice_rejoice_believers_and_let_your_l concurs (author Laurentius Laurenti, 1700; translator S. L. Findlater, 1854; 7.6.7.6 D; public domain; 341 hymnals). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. The Cyber Hymnal prints five stanzas; its third (O wise and holy virgins, / Now raise your voices higher ...) is omitted here because its second line carries seven syllables against the six-syllable line of the 7.6.7.6 D meter and cannot be sung on the tune without splitting a note \u2014 hymnals routinely omit it (Hymnary's representative text, Christian Worship 493, likewise prints four stanzas without it). One sung elision normalized for the meter: sufferings is elided to suff'rings in 4.2 (as hymnals print it). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Re -- joice, re -- joice, be -- liev -- ers, And let your lights ap -- pear. The eve -- ning is ad -- van -- cing, And dark -- er night is near. The Bride -- groom is a -- ris -- ing, And soon He draw -- eth nigh. Up, pray, and watch, and wres -- tle: At mid -- night comes the cry.", "prose": ["Rejoice, rejoice, believers,", "And let your lights appear.", "The evening is advancing,", "And darker night is near.", "The Bridegroom is arising,", "And soon He draweth nigh.", "Up, pray, and watch, and wrestle:", "At midnight comes the cry."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "See that your lamps are burn -- ing; Re -- plen -- ish them with oil. And wait for your sal -- va -- tion, The end of earth -- ly toil. The watch -- ers on the moun -- tain Pro -- claim the Bride -- groom near. Go meet Him as He com -- eth, With al -- le -- lu -- ias clear.", "prose": ["See that your lamps are burning;", "Replenish them with oil.", "And wait for your salvation,", "The end of earthly toil.", "The watchers on the mountain", "Proclaim the Bridegroom near.", "Go meet Him as He cometh,", "With alleluias clear."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Our hope and ex -- pec -- ta -- tion, O Je -- sus, now ap -- pear! A -- rise, Thou sun so longed for, O'er this be -- night -- ed sphere! With hearts and hands up -- lift -- ed, We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth's re -- demp -- tion That brings us un -- to Thee.", "prose": ["Our hope and expectation,", "O Jesus, now appear!", "Arise, Thou sun so longed for,", "O'er this benighted sphere!", "With hearts and hands uplifted,", "We plead, O Lord, to see", "The day of earth's redemption", "That brings us unto Thee."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Ye saints, who here in pa -- tience Your cross and suf -- f'rings bore, Shall live and reign for -- ev -- er, When sor -- row is no more. A -- round the throne of glo -- ry The Lamb ye shall be -- hold; In tri -- umph cast be -- fore Him Your di -- a -- dems of gold!", "prose": ["Ye saints, who here in patience", "Your cross and suff'rings bore,", "Shall live and reign forever,", "When sorrow is no more.", "Around the throne of glory", "The Lamb ye shall behold;", "In triumph cast before Him", "Your diadems of gold!"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}