The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 ‎#20

20. Come, O Come, and Sweetly Join

Text Information

• First Line: Come, O come and sweetly join
• Title: Come, O Come, and Sweetly Join
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Recaster: John J. Overholt (1971)
• Meter: 7.7.7.5.7.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Psalm 95:1
• Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Beginning of Worship: Exhortation to Worship
• Copyright: Text Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
• Notes: O come, let us sing unto the Lord. Ps. 95:1.

Tune Information

• Name: HARMONIE DU BRUDERSTADT
• Composer: J. A. Hiller (1817)
• Arranger: R. D. Wetzel
• Arranger: Compiler (1971)
• Meter: 7.7.7.5.7.7.
• Incipit: 13215 34543 22
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Music from R. D. Wetzel. Arranged by permission.; Arrangement Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
• Notes: M.M. 63

Text Information:

Overholt seems to have used other Wesley texts in this recast.

Brackets in text are a printing error on the page in my copy, which I partially interpolated.

Tune Information:

Cannot be Johann Adam Hiller if the 1817 date is correct.