The Lyrics:  Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee.


Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!

All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee, center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Singing bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in Thee.

Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blessed,
Wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother, all who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.

Mortals, join the happy chorus, which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o’er us, brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful music leads us Sunward in the triumph song of life.​

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Hymn History:  Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee.  

​In 1907. Van Dyke wrote this hymn while stay­ing at the home of Harry A. Garfield at Williams College, Massachusetts. It was first published in the Presbyterian Hymnal in 1911. It also appeared in the Poems of Henry van Dyke, 1911. Van Dyke wrote:

These verses are simple expressions of common

Christian  feelings  and  desires  in  this  present

time—hymns of today that may be sung together

by people who know the thought of the age, and

are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy

religion,  or  any  revolution  on  earth  overthrow

the kingdom of heaven. Therefore this is a hymn

of trust and joy and hope.