Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

Rejoice ye pure in heart;

Rejoice

give thanks

and sing;

Your glo­ri­ous ban­ner wave on high

The cross of Christ your king.

Rejoice

re­joice

re­joice

Give thanks and sing.

Bright youth and snow crowned age

Strong men and maid­ens meek

Raise high your free

ex­ult­ant song

God’s won­drous prais­es speak.

Yes on­ward

on­ward still

With hymn

and chant and song

Through gate

and porch and col­umned aisle

The hal­lowed path­ways throng.

With all the an­gel choirs

With all the saints of earth

Pour out the strains of joy and bliss

True rap­ture

nob­lest mirth.

Your clear ho­san­nas raise;

And al­le­luias loud;

Whilst an­swer­ing ec­hoes up­ward float

Like wreaths of in­cense cloud.

With voice as full and strong

As ocean’s surg­ing praise

Send forth the hymns our fa­thers loved

The psalms of an­cient days.

Yes

on through life’s long path

Still chant­ing as ye go;

From youth to age

by night and day

In glad­ness and in woe.

Still lift your stan­dard high

Still march in firm ar­ray

As war­ri­ors through the dark­ness toil

Till dawns the gold­en day.

At last the march shall end;

The wea­ried ones shall rest;

The pil­grims find their heav­en­ly home

Jerusalem the blessed.

Then on

ye pure in heart!

Rejoice

give thanks and sing!

Your glo­ri­ous ban­ner wave on high

The cross of Christ your king.

Praise Him who reigns on high

The Lord whom we ad­ore

The Fa­ther

Son and Ho­ly Ghost

One God for­ev­er­more.