Rejoice, O Pilgrim Throng

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1. 1Rejoice, O pilgrim throng! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing; Your festal banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, Give thanks and sing.
2. 2With all the angel choirs, With all the saints on earth, Pour out the strains of joy and bliss, True rapture, noblest mirth.
3. 3With voice as full and strong As ocean's surging praise, Send forth the hymns our fathers loved, The psalms of ancient days.
4. 4Still lift your standard high, Still march in firm array, As warriors through the darkness toil, Till dawns the golden day.
5. 5Yes, on through life's long path, Still chanting as ye go; From youth to age, by night and day, In gladness and in woe.
6. 6Yes onward, onward still With hymn, and chant and song, Through gate, and porch and columned aisle, The hallowed pathways throng.
7. 7At last the march shall end; The wearied ones shall rest; The pilgrims find their Father's house, Jerusalem the bless'd.
8. 8Then on, ye pure in heart! Rejoice, give thanks and sing! Your festal banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King.