Joy to the World!

Text:  Isaac Watts  1719
Music:  George Frideric Handel 
Tune:  Antioch  86.86
OHT Incipit:  17654 32156 67711

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.

Joy to the world! the Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rock, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

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,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glory of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, and wonders of His love.

The Ames Hymn Collection

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