ALL MY HEART THIS NIGHT REJOICES
ALL MY HEART THIS NIGHT REJOICES
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 ev’rywhere
now with joy is ringing.
2. Hear! The Conqueror has spoken:
“Now the foe, sin and woe,
death and hell are broken!”
God is man, man to deliver,
and the Son now is one
with our blood forever.
3. Should we fear our God’s displeasure,
who, to save, freely gave
his most precious treasure?
To redeem us he has given
his own Son from the throne
of his might in heaven.
4. See the Lamb, our sin once taking
to the cross, suff’ring loss,
full atonement making.
For our life his own he tenders,
and his grace all our race
fit for glory renders.
5. Softly from his lowly manger
Jesus calls one and all,
“You are safe from danger.
Children, from the sins that grieve you
you are freed; all you need
I will surely give you.”
6. Come, then, banish all your sadness,
one and all, great and small;
come with songs of gladness;
we shall live with him forever
there on high in that joy
which will vanish never.