Praise for the Gospel

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To our Almighty Maker, God

Author: Isaac Watts
Published in 92 hymnals

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To Our Almighty Maker (Part 1)
1 To our Almighty Maker, God,
New honors be addressed;
His great salvation shines abroad,
And makes the nations bless'd.

2 You spoke the Word to Abraham first;
His truth fulfils the grace;
The Gentiles make His Name their trust,
And learn His righteousness.

3 Let the whole earth His love proclaim
With all her diff'rent tongues,
And spread the honors of His Name
In melody and songs.

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Psalm 98 Joy to the World (Part 2)
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.

2 Joy to the earth! the Savior 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.

Source: Psalms of Grace #98c

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line:	To our Almighty Maker, God
Title:	Praise for the Gospel
Author:	Isaac Watts
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ST. MARTINS (Tansur 51715)

NUN DANKET ALL (Crüger 16512)

Composed by Johann Crüger (PHH 42) as a setting for Paul Gerhardt's "Nun danket all’ und bringet Ehr," GRÄFENBERG was first published in the 1647 edition of Crüger's Praxis Pietatis Melica. The tune is arbitrarily named after a water-cure spa in Silesia, Austria, which became famous in the 1820…

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LOBT GOTT IHR CHRISTEN

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