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NOW LET OUR VOICES JOIN

Now Let Your Voices Join

Scripture Verse

…teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3:16

Introduction

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 69: Sing­ing in the ways of God.

Music: State Street Jo­na­than C. Wood­man, 1844 (🔊 ).

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Philip Doddridge
(1702–1751)

Lyrics

Now let our voic­es join,
To form one plea­sant song,
Ye pil­grims in Je­ho­vah’s ways,
With mu­sic pass along.

How straight the path ap­pears,
How op­en, and how fair!
No lurk­ing sins t’en­trap our feet,
No fierce de­stroy­er there.

But flow­ers of pa­ra­dise
In rich pro­fu­sion spring;
The Sun of Glo­ry gilds the path,
And dear com­pan­ions sing.

See Sa­lem’s gold­en spires
In beau­te­ous pros­pect rise;
And bright­er crowns than mor­tals wear,
Which spar­kle through the skies.

All hon­or to His name,
Who drew the shin­ing trace,
To Him, who leads the wan­der­ers on,
And cheers them with His grace.

Reduce the na­tions, Lord,
Teach all their kings Thy ways,
That earth’s full choir the notes may swell,
And Heav’n re­sound the praise.