Moravian Book of Worship ‎#294

294. 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 heav'n and nature sing,
and heav'n and nature sing,
and heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth, 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, the Lord Is Come
• Author: Isaac Watts (1742)
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Psalm 96
  ;
  Psalm 98
  ;
  Matthew 1:23
  ;
  Luke 2:1-20
• Topic: Christmas; Christian year--Christmas

Tune Information

• Name: ANTIOCH
• Composer: George Frideric Handel (1742)
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: D Major