Rejoice in the Lord

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

Rejoice! Again I say, Rejoice!
But not alone with lute and voice;
Nay, first know joy dwells in thine heart,
For that thou hast in Truth thy part,
Then love from out thy heart will glow,
And all the world shall surely know,
Not by thine anthems or thy creeds,
Nor by thy words, but by thy deeds,
Which testimony true afford
That thou hast been with Christ the Lord.