Joy To The World
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Joy to the world! The Lord is come;
Let earth receive her king;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature
sing.
In Praise
of Hymn
Joy to the earth! the saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, 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 glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love,
And wonders, wonders, of his love.
Reviewing Great Christian Hymns
“Joy to the World” is a popular Christmas carol.1
The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on the
second half of Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published
in 1719 in Watts’ collection; The Psalms of David: Imitated in the
language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state
and worship. Watts wrote the words of “Joy to the World” as a hymn
glorifying Christ’s triumphant return at the end of the age, rather
than a song celebrating his first coming.2 The nations are called
to celebrate because God’s faithfulness to the house of Israel has
brought salvation to the world.3
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