The Messiah’s coming and kingdom. Joy to the world; the Lord is come;Let earth receive her King;Let every heart prepare him room,And heaven and nature sing. Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns;Let men their songs employ;While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow,Nor thorns […]

Christ’s kingdom and majesty. The God Jehovah reigns,Let all the nations fear,Let sinners tremble at his throne,And saints be humble there. Jesus the Saviour reigns,Let earth adore its Lord;Bright cherubs his attendants stand,Swift to fulfil his word. In Zion is his throne,His honours are divine;His church shall make his wonders known,For there his glories shine. […]

Praise for the gospel. To our almighty Maker, God,New honours be address’d;his great salvation shines abroad,And makes the nations blest. He spake the word to Abraham first,His truth fulfils the grace:The Gentiles make his Name their trust,And learn his righteousness. Let the whole earth his love proclaimWith all her different tongues;And spread the honours of […]

Psalm 97:4. 1 3 5-7 11. C. M.Christ’s incarnation, and the last judgment. Ye islands of the northern sea,Rejoice, the Saviour reigns;His word like fire, prepares his way,And mountains melt to plains. His presence sinks the proudest hills,And makes the vallies riseThe humble soul enjoys his smiles,The haughty sinner dies. The heavens his rightful power […]

Grace and glory. Th’ Almighty reigns exalted highO’er all the earth, o’er all the sky,Tho’ clouds and darkness veil his feet,His dwelling is the mercy-seat. O ye that love his holy Name,Hate every work of sin and shame;He guards the souls of all his friends,And from the snares of hell defends. Immortal light and joys […]

Psalm 97:2. 6-9. Second Part.Christ’s incarnation. The Lord is come, the heavens proclaimHis birth; the nations learn his Name;An unknown star directs the roadOf eastern sages to their God. All ye bright armies of the skies,Go, worship where the Saviour lies:Angels and kings before him bow,Those gods on high, and gods below. Let idols totter […]

Psalm 96:2. As the 113th PsalmThe God of the Gentiles. Let all the earth their voices raiseTo sing the choicest psalm of praise,To sing and bless Jehovah’s name:His glory let the heathens know,His wonders to the nations show,And all his saving works proclaim. The heathens know thy glory, Lord;The wondering nations read thy word,In Britain […]

Psalm 97:1. 1-5. First Part.Christ reigning in heaven, and coming to judgment. He reigns; the Lord, the Saviour reigns;Praise him in evangelic strains;Let the whole earth in songs rejoice,And distant islands join their voice. Deep are his counsels and unknown;But grace and truth support his throne:Tho’ gloomy clouds his ways surround,Justice is their eternal ground. […]

Psalm 95:3. 1 2 3 6-11. L. M.Canaan lost through unbelief; or,A warning to delaying sinners. Come, let our voices join to raiseA sacred song of solemn praise;God is a sovereign King; rehearsehis honours in exalted verse. Come, let our souls address the Lord,Who fram’d our natures with his word;He is our Shepherd; we the […]

Psalm 96:1. 1-10. etc. C. M.Christ’s first and second coming. Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,Ye tribes of every tongue;His new discover’d grace demandsA new and nobler song. Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,God’s own almighty Son;His power the sinking world sustains,And grace surrounds his throne. Let heaven proclaim the joyful day,Joy thro’ the […]

Psalm 95:2. S. M.A psalm before sermon. Come, sound his praise abroad,And hymns of glory sing;Jehovah is the sovereign God,The universal King. He form’d the deeps unknown;He gave the seas their bound;The watery worlds are all his own,And all the solid ground. Come, worship at his throne,Come bow before the Lord:We are his works and […]

Psalm 95:1. C. M.A psalm before prayer. Sing to the Lord Jehovah’s Name,And in his strength rejoice;When his salvation is our theme,Exalted be our voice. With thanks approach his awful sight,And psalms of honour sing;The Lord’s a God of boundless might,The whole creation’s King. Let princes hear, let angels know,How mean their natures seem,Those gods […]

Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber; Holy angels guard thy bed; Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Sleep, my babe, thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide; All without thy care, or payment, All thy wants are well supplied. How much better thou’rt attended Than the Son of […]