Gaudium Cæleste (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-11).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 26 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version in English from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 26 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 2 KB

General Information

Title: Gaudium Cæleste
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns Meter: 66. 77. 776
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published: Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1904

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Original text and translations

English text

1.

There was joy in Heaven,

There was joy in Heaven,

When this goodly world to frame

The Lord of might and mercy came;

Shouts of joy were heard on high,

And the stars sang from the sky,

Glory to God in Heav’n.

2.

There was joy in Heaven,

There was joy in Heaven,

When the billows heaving dark,

Sank around the stranded ark,

And the rainbow’s watery span

Spake of mercy, hope to man,

And peace with God in Heav’n.

3.

There was joy in Heaven,

There was joy in Heaven,

When of love the midnight beam

Dawned on the towers of Bethlehem,

And along the echoing hill

Angels sang, “On earth good will,

And glory in the Heav’n!”

4.

There was joy in Heaven,

There was joy in Heaven,

When the soul that went astray

Turns to Christ, the living Way,

And, by grace of Heav’n subdued,

Breathes a prayer of gratitude,

Oh, there is joy in Heav’n.

Lyrics: Re­gi­nald He­ber (1783-1826), Hymns Writ­ten and Adapt­ed to the Week­ly Church Ser­vice of the Year (Lon­don: J. Mur­ray, 1827).