Rejoice! to­day earth tells abroad,
With ho­ly ve­ne­ra­tion,
The glad­some Pass­ov­er of God,
The feast of ex­ul­ta­tion.
Christ now from death to life,
From bond­age to re­lease,
To rest from wea­ry strife,
His own hath brought to peace.

Refrain

Rejoice, re­joice, re­joice,
Rejoice, re­joice,
Sing al­le­luia.

All hail! we know the Mas­ter’s voice,
Those words of true en­dear­ing;
The heav’n­ly bride must needs re­joice
In her dear king’s ap­pear­ing;
With hearts from ev­il free
We turn to Him, the Light,
Death’s con­quer­or we see,
And life is in the sight!

Refrain

Let all the world be ve­ry glad
And all that is with­in it;
He who awhile do­min­ion had
No more, thank God, may win it!
Heav’n keeps the roy­al feast;
Hell, at the sight dis­mayed,
Grows faint be­fore the least,
Before the faint, afraid!

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