We have all heard this line over and over again, but it’s worth repeating: we rush through life too quickly to stop and be filled with joy. We experience joy on many levels: we witness the joy expressed by Creation, we bask in the joy of God as He delights in us, and we experience our own joy as we reflect on all God has done for us and through us. As hymnologist Albert Bailey writes, within Van Dyke’s text, “creation itself cannot conceal its joy, and that joy is appreciated by God the center of it all likewise all nature fills us with joy, caused fundamentally by our recognition of God as the giver” ( The Gospel in Hymns, 554). Henry Van Dyke’s brilliant hymn of praise has many layers that add to the beauty of his text.
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