The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9768

9768. Come, Let Us Join A Joyful Tune

1 Come, let us join a joyful tune,
To our exalted Lord,
Ye saints on high around His throne,
And we around His board.

2 While once upon this lower ground
Weary and faint ye stood,
What dear refreshments here ye found
From this immortal food!

3 The tree of life, that near the throne
In Heav’n’s high garden grows,
Laden with grace, bends gently down
Its ever smiling boughs.

4 Hovering amongst the leaves there stands
The sweet celestial Dove;
And Jesus on the branches hangs
The banner of His love.

5 ’Tis a young Heav’n of strange delight
While in his shade we sit;
His fruit is pleasing to the sight,
And to the taste as sweet.

6 New life it spreads through dying hearts,
And cheers the drooping mind;
Vigor and joy the juice imparts,
Without a sting behind.

7 Now let the flaming weapon stand,
And guard all Eden’s trees;
There’s ne’er a plant in all that land
That bears such fruits as these.

8 Infinite grace our souls adore,
Whose wondrous hand has made
This living branch of sovereign power
To raise and heal the dead.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, let us join a joyful tune
• Title: Come, Let Us Join A Joyful Tune
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: CMD
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs 1707-09, Book III
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: A LITTLE KINGDOM
• Composer: Alonzo Potter Howard (1873)
• Meter: CMD
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain