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