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All My Heart This Night Rejoices

Paul Gerhardt

“All My Heart This Night Rejoices” as printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920).

Paul Gerhardt: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1920 · historical text
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This text comes from The Army and Navy Hymnal, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

All my heart this night rejoices,

As I hear, far and near,

Sweetest angel voices;

'Christ is born," their choirs are singing,

Till the air everywhere

Now with joy is ringing.

Hark! a voice from yonder manger,

Soft and sweet, doth entreat;

'Flee from woe and danger;

Brethren, come; from all that grieves you,

You are freed; all you need

I will surely give you.'

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!

Thee, dear Lord, with heed I'll cherish,

Live to thee, and with thee

Dying, shall not perish;

But shall dwell with thee forever,

Far on high, in the joy

That can alter never.

Amen.

Credits

Written by Paul Gerhardt

Words by Paul Gerhardt. Historical text published in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), “All My Heart This Night Rejoices”

The 1920 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; traditional and anonymous entries are public domain. Pages whose scan quality is below the proofread threshold are held for review.

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