We joy in our God, we sing of that love

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We joy in our God, we sing of that love

Author: W. Yerbury
Tune: HOUGHTON (Gauntlett)
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 We joy in our God, and we sing of that love,
So sov'reign and free which did His heart move!
When lost our condition, all ruined, undone,
He saw with compassion, and spared not His Son!

2 His Son, His delight, His loved One, He gave
The curse to endure--by suff'ring to save:
Sure, love so amazing, unmeasured, untold,
Since Him it hath given, no good will withhold!

3 We praise, then, our God; how rich is His grace!
We were far from Him once--estranged from His face,
By blood we are purchased, are cleansed and made nigh,
And blest in His presence, in Jesus, on high!

Source: A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs. Selected 1856, for the Little Flock. Revised, 1881 #135

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Author: W. Yerbury

Yerbury, W. His Hymns and Poems for Believers, were published posthumously (so the Preface) but without date. One or two hymns therefrom are in the hymnals of the Plymouth Brethren, including the first, "Thy Name we love, Lord Jesus." (The Name of Jesus). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	We joy in our God, we sing of that love
Author:	W. Yerbury
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

HOUGHTON (Gauntlett)

Henry John Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, England, 1805; d. Kensington, London, England, 1876) originally composed HOUGHTEN for the text "O Worship the King" (428). Sing the theme stanza (st. 1) in parts and the other stanzas in unison, or vice versa. When singing the entire psalm, sing stanz…

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