Oh, re­joice, ye Chris­tians, loud­ly,
For your joy hath now be­gun;
Wondrous things our God hath done.
Tell abroad His good­ness proud­ly,
Who our race hath hon­ored thus
That He deigns to dwell with us.

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Joy, O joy, be­yond all glad­ness,
Christ hath done away with sad­ness!
Hence, all sor­row and re­pin­ing,
For the Son of Grace is shin­ing!

See, my soul, thy Sav­ior choos­es
Weakness here and po­ver­ty,
In such love He comes to thee
Nor the hard­est couch re­fus­es;
All He suf­fers for thy good,
To re­deem thee by His blood.

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Lord, how shall I thank Thee right­ly?
I ac­know­ledge that from Thee
Every bless­ing flows to me.
Let me not for­get it light­ly
But to Thee through all things cleave
So shall heart and mind re­ceive:

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Jesus, guard and guide Thy mem­bers,
Fill Thy breth­ren with Thy grace,
Hear their pray­ers in ev­ery place.
Quicken now life’s faint­est em­bers,
Grant all Chris­tians, far and near,
Holy peace, a glad new Year!

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