Joy to the World Carol Lyrics
1. Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare Him room,
and heav'n and nature sing,
and heav'n and nature sing,
and heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing.
2. Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ,
while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3. No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.
4. He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of His righteousness
and wonders of His love,
and wonders of His love,
and wonders, wonders of His love.
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About the Hymn Joy to the World
Songwriter: Isaac Watts
Year: 1719
Place: Southampton, England
Hymn category: Christmas Carol
Joy to the World is one of the most beautifully and angelic sounded Christmas carols ever written. Every year, this wonderful hymn brings remains fresh as though it was written yesterday. Meanwhile, this beautiful Hymn, popularly used as a Christmas Carol was written by one of the most famous Christian hymn writers in history, Isaac Watt.
Watts is a well-known songwriter, and he is considered by many as the father of English hymnody, having written over 600 hymns according to Wikipedia. Many sources place the number of hymns written by Isaac Watts at 750.
He was born on July 17, 1674, in Southampton, Hampshire, England and attended Dissenting Academy in London, where he graduated in 1694. By 1702, Watt was already a full-time pastor after undergoing several ministerial trainings, two years after he left college. In the later days of his life as a Pastor, he dedicated most of his time preaching, and writing books and hymns. Most of his hymns are very popular today including Joy to the World, Oh God Our Help in Ages Past, and many others. Isaac Watts passed away on November 25, 1674, after years of services to mankind.
"Joy to the World" was inspired by Psalm 98, which the songwriter interpreted from the New Testament Perspective. The hymn was published in 1719 in one of his hymns and Spiritual Songs collections "Psalms of David". Nonetheless, the version of "Joy to the World so popular today was arranged by an American composer, Lowell Mason in 1848.
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