Scripture Verse

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing. Psalm 100:2

Introduction

Words: Sar­ah E. Selmes, in Lit­tle Sac­red Songs for Lit­tle Sing­ers, ed­it­ed by James R. Mur­ray (New York; Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois; & Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1892), pag­es 48–49. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Sa­die Sel­mes.

Music: Fred­er­ick Schill­ing (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Selmes or Schill­ing (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Come with glad­ness, come with glad­ness,
Songs of praise and hom­age sing;
Wide un­furl His roy­al ban­ners,
Loud pro­claim the Sav­ior, king!
Proclaim Him Lord and king!
We come, we come,
We come with songs of praise;
We come, we come with songs of praise,
Proclaiming Christ our king!
We come, we come,
We come with songs of praise;
We come, we come with songs of praise,
Proclaiming Christ our king!

Fairest flow­ers in­ter­twin­ing,
Purest bloss­oms of the spring,
Weave we in­to crowns of beau­ty,
For the brow of Christ our king,
The brow of Christ our king!
We come, we come,
We come with sweet­est flow­ers;
We come, we come, with sweet­est flow­ers,
To crown Him Lord and king!
We come, we come,
We come with sweet­est flow­ers;
We come, we come, with sweet­est flow­ers;
To crown Him Lord and king!

Willing hearts and cheer­ful voic­es
To His tem­ple courts we bring;
His we are, and His for­ev­er,
Loyal sub­jects of our king,
Our Sav­ior, Lord, and king!
We come, we come,
We come with will­ing hearts,
We come, we come, with will­ing hearts,
To serve our Lord and king!
We come, we come,
We come with will­ing hearts,
We come, we come, with will­ing hearts,
To serve our Lord and king!

Join we then the migh­ty chor­us,
Earth and Hea­ven with prais­es ring;
Hallelujah! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory to the Lord, our king!
All glo­ry to our king!

Sing on, sing on,
Sing on in end­less strain;
Sing on, sing on in end­less strain,
Hosanna to our king!
Sing on, sing on,
Sing on in end­less strain;
Sing on, sing on in end­less strain,
Hosanna to our king!