Text: | Come, let us sing of Jesus |
Author: | Rev. G. W. Bethune, D. D. |
Tune: | NEWPORT |
Composer: | G. F. Root |
1 Come, let us sing of Jesus,
While heaven and accents blend;
Come, let us sing of Jesus,
The sinner's only friend;
His holy soul rejoices,
Amid the choirs above,
To hear our youthful voices
Exulting in his love.
2 We love to sing of Jesus,
Who wept our path along;
We have to sing of Jesus,
The tempted and the strong:
None who besought his healing,
He pass'd unheeded by;
And still retains his feeling
For us above the sky.
3 We love to sing of Jesus,
Who died our souls to save;
We love to sing of Jesus,
Triumphant o'er the grave;
And in our hour of danger,
We'll trust his love alone,
Who once slept in a manger,
And now sits on the throne.
4 Then let us sing of Jesus,
While yet on earth we stay,
And hope to sing of Jesus
Throughout eternal day:
For those who here confess him,
He will in heaven confess;
And faithful hearts that bless him,
He will forever bless.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, let us sing of Jesus |
Author: | Rev. G. W. Bethune, D. D. |
Publication Date: | 1870 |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Tune for 36, 59, and 82 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NEWPORT |
Composer: | G. F. Root |
Meter: | 7s and 6s |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Notes: | Public Domain. |