Ode to Joy

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Ode to Joy

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Psalms 149:5

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Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety. Proverbs 11:14

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This song is actually written to, and about, Norse gods.

Should we take the Rolling Stone's "Sympathy For the Devil" and rewrite the lyrics so we can sing them at church?

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This song is actually written to, and about, Norse gods.

Should we take the Rolling Stone's "Sympathy For the Devil" and rewrite the lyrics so we can sing them at church?

I never heard of this song. I couldn't understand a word they are saying.

Norse Gods...well I am glad I didn't understand the singing.

[Guest yod]

In America we have only heard the "christianized" version but I once started to play this on the piano in the home of one of my German friends and he ran to stop before the first stanza and explained this.

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Some music that people write and sing could open a door to the devil to get in.

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Ode to Joy

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Isaiah 55:11-12

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away;

Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!

All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,

Stars and angels sing around Thee, center of unbroken praise.

Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea,

Singing [sometimes "Chanting"] bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in Thee.

Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blessed,

Wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest!

Thou our Father, Christ our Brother, all who live in love are Thine;

Teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.

Mortals, join the happy chorus, which the morning stars began;

Father love is reigning o’er us, brother love binds man to man.

Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife,

Joyful music leads us Sunward in the triumph song of life.

Note: The final stanza is omitted in some recent hymnals.

The foregoing are altered lyrics as they appear in many, if not most, hymnals. Below are the original lyrics as Van Dyke wrote them:

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,

God of glory, God of love;

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee,

Opening to their sun above.

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;

Drive the dark of doubt away;

Giver of immortal gladness,

Fill us with the light of day!

All Thy works with joy surround Thee,

Earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,

Stars and angels sing around Thee,

Center of unbroken praise:

Field and forest, vale and mountain,

Flowering meadow, flashing sea,

Chanting bird and flowing fountain,

Call us to rejoice in Thee.

Thou art giving and forgiving,

Ever blessing, ever blest,

Well-spring of the joy of living,

Ocean-depth of happy rest!

Thou our Father, Christ our Brother,

All who live in love are Thine:

Teach us how to love each other,

Lift us to the Joy Divine.

Mortals join the mighty chorus,

Which the morning stars began;

Father-love is reigning o'er us,

Brother-love binds man to man.

Ever singing march we onward,

Victors in the midst of strife;

Joyful music lifts us sunward

In the triumph song of life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyful,_Joyful_We_Adore_Thee