All My Heart This Night Rejoices

Verse 1
All my heart this night re­joic­es,
As I hear, far and near,
Sweetest an­gel voic­es;
Christ is born, their choirs are sing­ing, (Luke 2:10-14)
Till the air, ev­ery­where,
Now their joy is ring­ing.

Verse 2
For it dawns—the pro­mised mor­row
Of His birth, who the earth
Rescues from her so­rrow. (Isa. 61:1-3)
God to wear our form des­cend­eth; (Phil. 2:7-8)
Of His grace to our race
Here His Son He send­eth. (Gal. 4:4, I John 4:9, John 3:16)

Verse 3
Yea, so tru­ly for us car­eth, (I Pet. 5:7)
That His Son, all we’ve done,
As our of­fer­ing bear­eth; (I Pet. 2:24, Isa. 53:6)
As our Lamb who, dy­ing for us, (John 1:29)
Bears our load, and to God,
Doeth in peace re­store us. (Col. 1:20, Rom. 5:1)

Verse 4
Hark! a voice from yon­der man­ger,
Soft and sweet, doth en­treat,
Flee from woe and dan­ger;
Brethren, come; from all that grieves you
You are freed; all you need
I will sure­ly give you. (Phil. 4:19)

Verse 5
Come, then, let us hast­en yon­der; (Luke 2:15-16)
Here let all, great and small,
Kneel in awe and won­der, (Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11, Phil. 2:9-11)
Love Him who with love is yearn­ing;
Hail the star that from far
Bright with hope is burn­ing. (Matt. 2:2, Matt. 2:10)

Verse 6
Ye who pine in wea­ry sad­ness,
Weep no more, for the door (Isa. 25:8, Rev. 7:17, Rev. 21:4, John 10:9)
Now is found of glad­ness.
Cling to Him, for He will guide you (Ps. 73:23-24, Isa. 58:11)
Where no cross, pain or loss
Can again be­tide you.

Verse 7
Hither come, ye hea­vy heart­ed; (Matt. 11:28)
Who for sin, deep with­in,
Long and sore have smart­ed;
For the poi­soned wounds you’re feel­ing
Help is near, One is here,
Mighty for their heal­ing! (Ps. 147:3)

Verse 8
Hither come, ye poor and wretch­ed:
Know His will is to fill
Every hand out­stretch­èd;
Here are rich­es with­out mea­sure, (Rev. 3:17-18, Eph. 3:8)
Here for­get all re­gret,
Fill your hearts with trea­sure.

Verse 9
Blessèd Sav­ior, let me find Thee!
Keep Thou me close to Thee,
Cast me not be­hind Thee! (Ps. 51:11)
Life of life, my heart Thou still­est, (John 14:27)
Calm I rest on Thy breast, (John 13:23-25, John 21:20)
All this void Thou fill­est.

Verse 10
Heedfully my Lord I’ll cher­ish,
Live to Thee, and with Thee
Dying, shall not per­ish; (Rom. 14:8, John 11:25-26, John 3:16)
But shall dwell with Thee for ev­er, (I Thess. 4:17, Ps. 23:6, Rev. 21:3)
Far on high, in the joy
That can al­ter nev­er. (John 16:22, Ps. 16:11, John 15:11)