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O be joyful, every nation!
Hail the day with sacred mirth,
When the trumpet of salvation
Sounds the jubilee of earth,
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Travails with the world’s new birth.
Then the north, in darkness shrouded,
Jacob’s rising star shall bless;
And the Sun of Righteousness,
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Sin-sick souls in heart’s distress.
Then her swarthy sons and daughters,
Afric to the cross shall bring;
And the angel of the waters
Hear his coral islands sing,
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Till the whole Pacific ring.
O thou everlasting Father,
Give the kingdoms to thy Son;
He hath died that he might gather
All God’s children into one;
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Of his soul, let this be done!
Yea, it must be:—thou hast spoken,
And thy covenant shall last;
Though the arch of heaven were broken,
And the earth’s foundation cast
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Yet thy word, O God, stands fast.
On thy holy hill of Zion,
Hast thou not ordained his seat?
Now, as Judah’s conquering lion,
Lay all foes beneath his feet,
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In eternal triumph meet.
We have joined their marching legions,
Where our fathers fought, we fight;
Slavery’s cane-lands, Brama’s regions,
Are exulting at the sight;
|: Freedom, freedom, :|
Comes with gospel-life and light.
All the languages of Babel,
Weapons for the warfare yield;
And with these we well are able,
By the Spirit’s might, to wield
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Truth’s safe guard, and Faith’s strong shield.
Thus, through fifty years victorious,
Thou hast led our brethren on;
Arm them now for deeds more glorious,
Till the latest field is won:
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Bow the knee and kiss the Son.
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