Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#19b

19b. Joy to the World; the Lord is Come!

1 Joy to the world: the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King.
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth; the Saviour reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Joy to the world; the Lord is come!
• Title: Joy to the World; the Lord is Come!
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748) (1719)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1901
• Topic: Christmas
• Notes: Second Tune

Tune Information

• Name: CHESTERFIELD
• Composer: Rev. Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820 (1780)
• Harmonizer: Dr. Gauntlett
• Meter: C. M.