The United Methodist Hymnal

246

Joy to the World

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, 
	and heaven and nature sing, 
	and heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.

2.	Joy to the world, the Savior reigns! 
	Let all their 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 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.

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.

WORDS: Isaac Watts, 1719
MUSIC: G. F. Handel, 1741; Lowell Mason, 1848
Scripture: Psalm 98:4-9
Theme: Christ's Gracious Life: Birth and Baptism; Christ's Gracious Life: Birth and Baptism; Christian Year: Christmas; Christian Year: Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ; Joy; Opening Hymns