Hymn
All My Heart This Night Rejoices
- Writer
- Paul Gerhardt
- Translated by
- Catherine Winkworth
- Tune
- EBELING
- Meter
- 8.3.3.6 D
- Season
- Christmas Carols
All my heart this day rejoices,
As I hear, far and near,
Sweetest angel voices;
Christ is born, their choirs are singing,
Till the air ev'rywhere
Now with joy is ringing.
Come then, let us hasten yonder:
Here let all, great and small,
Kneel in awe and wonder.
Love Him who with love is yearning;
Hail the Star that from far
Bright with hope is burning.
Ye who pine in weary sadness,
Weep no more, here the door
You may find to gladness.
Christ to that fair place will guide you
Where no cross, pain or loss
Can again betide you.
Blessed Savior, let me find Thee.
Keep Thou me close to Thee,
Leave me not behind Thee.
Life of life, my heart Thou stillest,
Calm I rest on Thy breast,
All my want Thou fillest.
Dearest Lord, Thee will I cherish;
Tho' my breath fail in death,
Yet I shall not perish,
But with Thee abide forever
There on high in that joy
Which can vanish never.
All My Heart This Night Rejoices — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/all-my-heart-this-night-rejoices
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Who wrote All My Heart This Night Rejoices?
The words of All My Heart This Night Rejoices are credited to Paul Gerhardt and Catherine Winkworth; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 7 more hymns by Paul Gerhardt, including Give to the Winds Thy Fears and O sacred head now wounded.
Is All My Heart This Night Rejoices public domain?
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What is the meter of All My Heart This Night Rejoices?
All My Heart This Night Rejoices is in 8.3.3.6 D.