Wake the song of joy and glad­ness;
Hither bring your nob­lest lays;
Banish ev­ery thought of sad­ness,
Pouring forth your high­est praise.
Sing to Him whose care has brought us
Once again with friends to meet,
And whose lov­ing voice has taught us,
Of the way to Je­sus’ feet.

Refrain

Wake the song, wake the song,
The song of joy and glad­ness,
Wake the song, wake the song,
The song of Ju­bi­lee.

Joyfully with songs and ban­ners,
We will greet the fes­tal day;
Shout aloud our glad ho­san­nas,
And our grate­ful hom­age pay.
We will chant our Sav­ior’s glo­ry
While our thoughts we raise above,
Telling still the old, old sto­ry,
Precious theme—re­deem­ing love!

Refrain

Thanks to Thee, O ho­ly Fa­ther,
For the mer­cies of the year;
May each heart, as here we ga­ther,
Swell with gra­ti­tude sin­cere.
Thanks to Thee, O lov­ing Sav­ior,
For re­demp­tion through Thy blood.
Breathe up­on us, Ho­ly Spi­rit,
Sweetly draw us near to God.

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