Choral Akari Archive

Rejoice, O Pure in Heart

Hymn Information

Folder: Main I, no. 9
Tune used, name: 'Marion'
Composer: Messiter, Arthur Henry (1834–1916); composed in 1883
Lyricist: Plumptre, Edward Hayes (1821-1891); written in 1865, altered
Source used for representative text: from hymnary.org, Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #561

Resources and Audios

Sheet music, project file and MIDI:

Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):

Audio file (all parts combined):

Representative Text

1
Rejoice, O pure in heart,
rejoice, give thanks, and sing;
your festal banner wave on high,
the cross of Christ your King.

Refrain:
Rejoice,
rejoice,
rejoice, give thanks, and sing!

2
Bright youth and snow-crowned age,
both men and women, raise
on high your free, exulting song,
declare God's wondrous praise. [Refrain]

3
Still lift your standard high,
still chanting as you go,
from youth to age, by night and day,
in gladness and in woe. [Refrain]

4 (not sung here)
At last the march shall end;
the wearied ones shall rest,
the pilgrims reach their home at last,
Jerusalem the blest. [Refrain]

5
Praise God, who reigns on high,
the Lord whom we adore:
the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
one God forevermore. [Refrain]