Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Verse 1
Joyful, joy­ful, we adore Thee,
God of glo­ry, Lord of love; (Ps. 29:3)
Hearts un­fold like flow­ers be­fore Thee,
Praising Thee, their sun ab­ove.
Melt the clouds of sin and sad­ness;
Drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of im­mor­tal glad­ness, (Ps. 16:11)
Fill us with the light of day!

Verse 2
All Thy works with joy sur­round Thee,
Earth and Heav’n re­flect Thy rays, (Ps. 19:1)
Stars and an­gels sing around Thee, (Job 38:7, Ps. 148:1-4, Rev. 5:11-12)
Center of un­brok­en praise:
Field and for­est, vale and mount­ain,
Blooming mea­dow, flash­ing sea, (Ps. 96:11-12, Ps. 98:7-8)
Chanting bird and flow­ing fount­ain
Call us to re­joice in Thee.

Verse 3
Thou art giv­ing and for­giv­ing, (Ps. 103:2-3)
Ever bless­ing, ev­er blest, (Eph. 1:3)
Well-spring of the joy of liv­ing, (Ps. 36:8-9, John 4:14)
Ocean-depth of hap­py rest!
Thou our Fa­ther, Christ our bro­ther, (Matt. 6:9, Luke 11:2, Rom. 8:29, Heb. 2:11)
All who live in love are Thine:
Teach us how to love each oth­er, (John 13:34, I John 4:7, I John 4:16)
Lift us to the joy di­vine.

Verse 4
Mortals, join the migh­ty chor­us,
Which the morn­ing stars be­gan; (Job 38:7)
Father-love is reign­ing o’er us,
Brother-love binds man to man. (I John 4:11)
Ever sing­ing march we on­ward,
Victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful mu­sic leads us sun­ward
In the tri­umph song of life.