Verse 1
Rejoice, ye sons of light,
Over a saint deceast!
The happy soul hath took its flight,
And enter’d into rest:
Tost to and fro no more
On life’s tempestuous sea,
The happy soul hath reach’d the shore
Of calm eternity.

Verse 2
She at the welcome word
Is out of prison fled,
Releas’d from her oppressive lord,
And free among the dead:
The bloody husband’s power
Did with her breath expire,
And lo! She lives to die no more
Amidst yon angel-quire.

Verse 3
The spirits of the just
Made perfect here in love,
With these, and all the heavenly host,
She finds her place above;
One with the saints in light,
The witnesses of God,
She wash’d her robes, and made them white
In the Redeemer’s blood.

Verse 4
Her soul was cleans’d below,
And sav’d from sin’s remains,
Whiter on earth than Salmon’s snow,
She now with Jesus reigns;
Long in the furnace try’d,
Long in the vale distrest,
The Lamb at last hath call’d his bride
Up to the marriage-feast.

Verse 5
With stedfast faith and hope
Let us her steps pursue,
Chearful like her the cross take up,
Like her the world break thro’;
Like her our faith approve,
And patiently endure,
And make, by all the works of love,
Our heavenly calling sure.