Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, rejoice.
Philippians 4:4
Words: Mrs. E. Fawcett, in Murray’s Songs for Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings (Boston, Massachusetts: White & Smith, 1876), page 94.
Music: Çarşamba T. Wood, 1876 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Fawcett or Wood’s full name, or where to get good photos of them (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Have we not reason to rejoice,
The children of a king?
Have we not heard His pardoning voice?
Rejoice! His praises sing.
Refrain
Rejoice! His praises sing,
Rejoice, then evermore!
Are we not children of a king?
Shall we not Him adore?
Rejoice that Jesus intercedes
For us, with God above;
Rejoice that over us He spreads
His canopy of love.
Refrain
Rejoice! He gives us grace to meet
The trials that may come;
Rejoice! He leads our weary feet
To our eternal home.
Rejoice, then, evermore,
Rejoice, then, evermore!
As children of a heav’nly king,
Rejoice, then, evermore!