Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee - piano

Words: Hen­ry J. van Dyke, 1907. Van Dyke wrote this hymn while stay­ing at the home of Har­ry A. Gar­field at Wil­liams Col­lege, Mass­a­chu­setts. It was first pub­lished in the Pres­by­ter­i­an Hymn­al in 1911. It al­so ap­peared in the Po­ems of Hen­ry van Dyke, 1911. Music: Hymn to Joy, from the 9th Sym­pho­ny of Lud­wig van Beet­ho­ven; adapt­ed by Ed­ward Hodg­es, 1824.

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 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.

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[dillman47]

he copied billy joel in a few parts. I'm just saying sounds like billly should be playing this instead.

[cslatter09]

does anyone know what the key transition is to this song.. i can't figure it out.

[cslatter09]

@mkeslter90, what accompaniment cds does he have. could you send me a link to his website

[cslatter09]

can u send me the music to this song.

[toofreshtoday]

You are truly amazing.....!!!!!!

[aknabea]

Awesome!

[mkestler90]

@nUltimation I actually meant that no one knows who uploaded this video. I take lessons from Bro. Hopkins at WCBC. :)

[nUltimation]

@mkestler90 We went to the same college in Oklahoma. I basically taught myself piano by listening to his accompaniment on CD's and emulating his style.

[oodie671]

i took piano lessons from him for a year..... he's so good! i have one of his cds!!!

[SCHSTrumpet]

Um... so wow!