Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#34

34. 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
• Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church Year: Christmas

Tune Information

• Name: ANTIOCH
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major
• Source: T. Hawkes' Collection of Tunes, 1833.