524. Joy to the World

1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King;
Let ev'ry heart prepare him room,
And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n and nature sing,
and heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing.

2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns:
Let us, our songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sin and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love.

Text Information
First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come
Title: Joy to the World
Author: Isaac Watts, 1675-1748
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Scripture:
Topic: Christmas
Tune Information
Name: ANTIOCH
Composer: George F. Handel, 1685-1759 (arr.)
Meter: CM
Key: D Major
Source: Arr.: T. Hawkes' Collection of Tunes, 1833



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