Scripture Verse

O come, let us sing unto the Lord. Psalm 95:1

Introduction

Words: Ro­bert A. West, in Hymns for the Use of the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, 1849.

Music: Duke Street at­trib­ut­ed to John Hat­ton, 1793 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Hat­ton (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of West,

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Robert A. West (1809–1865)

Lyrics

Come, let us tune our lof­ti­est song
And raise to Christ our joy­ful strain;
Worship and thanks to Him be­long,
Who reigns and shall for­ev­er reign.

His so­ver­eign pow­er our bo­dies made;
Our souls are His im­mor­tal breath;
And when His crea­tures sinned He bled
To save us from eter­nal death.

Burn, ev­ery breast with Je­sus’ love;
Bound ev­ery heart with rap­tur­ous joy;
And saints on earth, with saints ab­ove,
Your voic­es in His praise em­ploy.

Extol the Lamb with lof­ti­est song;
Prolong for Him your cheer­ful strain;
Worship and thanks to Him be­long,
Who reigns and shall for­ev­er reign.