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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, 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.

Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife; Joyful music leads us sunward, in the triumph song of life. To listen to a wonderful version of this hymn sung by Michael W. Smith, click here. This joyful ode is one of the best-known hymns in the English language. Henry Van Dyke was inspired in by the beauty of the Berkshire mountains where he was serving as a guest preacher at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. Your mountains were my inspiration.

The daintiness of phrase and the lilt of rhythm suggest Elysium or Eden before the Fall. Beethoven never wrote a hymn tune, per se, though a number of texts have been adapted to this melody. The metaphor of light, the antithesis of darkness—a common theme in Romantic poetry—provides the overarching vehicle for expressing joy in stanza one.

The third stanza extends to the human creation and the brotherhood of humanity. Since God is the Father of humanity, Christ is our brother.

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