Welcome, welcome, welcome, Messengers of love! Kindred souls with joy are swelling Like the blest above. Welcome, welcome, welcome, Joy illumes our way, Love shall reign in every bosom, With unbounded sway. Praises, praises, praises! For the sacred past, For the mercies, rich, abundant Freely o'er us cast; Praises, praises, praises, For the glad today; For the future grand and glorious, Praise, O praise for aye.