Scripture Verse

All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord. Ezra 3:11

Introduction

Words: P. H. Ding­man, in Joy­ful Sound, by John Swe­ney & Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1889), num­ber 98.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Ding­man’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
John R. Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

You ask what makes me happy,
My heart so free from care;
It is because my Sav­ior
In mercy heard my prayer;
He brought me out of darkness,
And now the light I see;
O blessèd, loving Sav­ior!
To Him the praise shall be.

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I will shout His praise in glo­ry,
And we’ll all sing hallelujah
In Hea­ven by and by;
I will shout His praise in glo­ry,
And we’ll all sing hallelujah
In Hea­ven by and by.

I was a friendless wanderer,
Till Je­sus took me in,
My life was full of sorrow,
My heart was full of sin;
But when the blood, so precious,
Spoke pardon to my soul,
O blissful, blissful moment!
’Twas joy beyond control.

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I wish that every sinner
Before His throne would bow;
He waits to give them welcome,
He longs to bless them now;
If they but knew the rapture
That in His love I see,
They’d come and shout sal­va­tion,
And sing His praise with me.

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I mean to live for Je­sus
While here on earth I stay,
And when His voice shall call me
To realms of endless day,
As one by one we gather,
Rejoicing on the shore,
We’ll shout His praise in glo­ry,
And sing for­ev­er­more.

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