Rejoice Rejoice Believers { Rejoice Rejoice Believers! by Laurentius Laurenti L., 1700 GREENLAND-Johann Michael Haydn LANCASHIRE-Henry T. Smart MIRIAM-John P. Holbrook VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN-Melchior Teschner (arr. B. Jacob's National Psalmody, 1819) Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers! } Rejoice, Rejoice, believers! And let your lights appear; The evening is advancing, And darker night is near. The Bridegroom is arising, And soon he will draw nigh; Up, watch in expectation! At midnight comes the cry. See that your lamps are burning; Replenish them with oil; Look now for your salvation, The end of sin and toil. The watchers on the mountain Proclaim the Bridegroom near; Go meet him as he cometh, With alleluias clear. O wise and holy virgins, Now raise your voices higher, Until in songs of triumph Ye meet the angel choir. The marriage-feast is waiting, The gates wide open stand; Rise up, ye heirs of glory! The Bridegroom is at hand. Our hope and expectation, O Jesus, now appear; Arise, Thou Sun so longed for, Oer this benighted sphere! With hearts and hands uplifted, We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth's redemption, And ever be with Thee! Amen.