1 Rejoice! rejoice! the Christmas time is here,
The time for joy and gladness;
The Christ of God is come our hearts to cheer,
And banish care and sadness.
Refrain:
Chime on, ye bells of gladness, chime!
Chime on, ye bells of gladness, chime!
This is the merry, happy Christmas time!
This is the merry, happy Christmas time!
2 We gather round the festive Christmas tree
And praise the Lord of Heaven,
That unto us He has, in mercy free,
A precious Savior given. [Refrain]
3 This is the merry, happy Christmas time,
Ring out the wondrous story;
Chime on, ye bells of joy and gladness, chime,
And celebrate His glory. [Refrain]
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14131
Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873.
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