Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Words: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933
Tune: Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770-1827
Category: Peace and Joy
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1. Joyful, Joy -ful, we a -dore Thee, God of glo -ry, Lord of love;
2. All Thy works with joy sur-round Thee, Earth and heav'n re-flect Thy rays,
3. Mor-tals join the might-y cho -rus Which the morn-ing stars be-gan;
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1. Hearts un-fold like flow'rs be -fore Thee, Op'n-ing to the sun a-bove.
2. Stars and an-gels sing a- round Thee, Cen-ter of un -bro-ken praise.
3. Fa-ther love is reign- ing o'er us, Broth-er love binds man to man.
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1. Melt the clouds of sin and sad-ness; Drive the dark of doubt a -way;
2. Field and for-est, vale and moun-tain, Flow-'ry mead-ow, flash-ing sea,
3. Ev-er sing-ing, march we on-ward, Vic-tors in the midst of strife;
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1. Giv-er of im -mor -tal glad-ness, Fill us with the light of day.
2. Chant-ing bird and flow -ing foun-tain Call us to re -joice in Thee.
3. Joy-ful mu-sic leads us on -ward In the tri -umph song of life.
