Hymn
Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers
LLANGLOFFAN · 7.6.7.6.D · words Laurentius Laurenti · music Welsh traditional
1.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.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.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.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!
Try these words on another tune
- AURELIA — Samuel Sebastian Wesley
- EWING — Alexander C. Ewing
- PASSION CHORALE — Hans Leo Hassler
- TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM — 13th Century spring carol; first published in the Swedish Piae Cantones
- WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN — Johann Steuerlein
- WOODBIRD — German, 17th century
Other words for this tune
- Psalm 119:81-88 (Kaf) — Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026
Same meter but needs editorial underlay: ANGEL'S STORY, DIVINUM MYSTERIUM, ELLACOMBE, LANCASHIRE, MEIRIONYDD, MUNICH, RUTHERFORD, WEBB.
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