Dear Christian People, All Rejoice (Haas)

Dear Christ­ian peo­ple all

re­joice

Each soul with joy up­rais­ing.

Pour forth a song with heart and voice

With love and glad­ness sing­ing.

Give thanks to God

our Lord above

Thanks for His mi­ra­cle of love!

Dearly He hath re­deemed us.

He spoke to His be­lov­èd Son

With in­fi­nite com­pas­sion:

Go hence

my heart’s most pre­cious One

Be to the lost sal­va­tion;

Death

his re­lent­less ty­rant

stay

And bear him from his sins away

With Thee to live for­ev­er!

The Son came

say­ing: “Cling to Me

Thy sor­rows now are end­ing;

Freely I give My­self to thee

Thy life with Mine de­fend­ing;

For I am thine and thou art Mine

And where I am there thou shalt shine

The foe shall nev­er reach us.

“To Heav’n again I rise from hence

High to my Fa­ther soar­ing

The Mas­ter there to be

and thence

My Spir­it on thee pour­ing;

In ev­ery grief to com­fort thee

And teach thee more and more of Me

Into all truth still guid­ing.

What I have done and taught on earth

Do Thou

and teach

none dread­ing;

That so God’s king­dom may go forth

And His high praise be spread­ing;

And guard thee from the words of men

Lest the great joy be lost again:

This My last charge I leave thee.