Rejoice All Ye Believers

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Rejoice All Ye Believers
Mt 25:13

GREENLAND-Johann Michael Haydn
LANCASHIRE-Henry T. Smart
MUNICH-Neuvermehrtes Meiningisches Gesangbuch, Me
iningen, 1693
NEVER ALONE-Composer Unknown (arr. M. L. McPhail)

TESCHNER-Melchior Teschner

Rejoice, All Ye Believers
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Rejoice, all ye believers,
And let your lights appear
The evening is advancing,
And darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising,
And soon He draweth nigh:
Then up, and take thy vessels;
At midnight comes the cry.

See that your lamps are burning;
Replenish them with oil
And wait for your salvation,
The end of earthly toil.
The watchers on the mountain
Proclaim the Bridegroom near,
Go meet Him as He cometh,
With hallelujahs clear.

Ye wise and holy virgins,
Now raise your praises high,
Till with the saints in glory,
You sing them in the sky.
The marriage feast is waiting,
The doors wide open stand;
Be ready, then, to meet Him;
The Bridegroom is at hand.