A joy­ful song I love to sing
Of Je­sus, of Je­sus,
The chords that thro’ my spi­rit ring,
But speak of pre­cious Je­sus;
The bless­èd name I can but sing;
Afar from home He sought me,
And in the full­ness of His love,
His great sal­va­tion brought me.

Refrain

Sing glo­ry, sing glo­ry!
And praise for­ev­er bring­ing;
The love of Je­sus, pre­cious love!
I can­not keep from singing.

My hope and joy, my sun­shine bright,
Is Je­sus, my Je­sus;
His pre­sence is my chief de­light,
My heart is filled with Je­sus:
And while that love throbs thro’ and thro’
In bond­ing pulse of plea­sure,
My songs shall be both glad and free,
I would not change the mea­sure.

Refrain

Oh, come and join the songs I sing,
Of Je­sus, of Je­sus!
And let the glo­ry-an­thems ring,
Thro’ all the earth for Je­sus;
Then all a-tune thy soul shall join
The an­gel choirs of Hea­ven;
The gates of pearl will soon un­furl,
And end­less praise be giv­en.

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