Come, Your Heart and Voices Raising
Verse 1
Come, your hearts and voices raising, Christ the Lord with gladness praising; Loudly sing His love amazing, Worthy folk of Christendom.
Verse 2
Sin and death may well be groaning, Satan now may well be moaning; We, our full salvation owning, Cast our every care away.
Verse 3
See how God, for us providing, Gave His Son and life abiding; He our weary steps is guiding From earth's woe to heav'nly joy.
Verse 4
Christ, from heav'n to us descending And in love our race befriending, In our need His help extending, Saved us from the wily Foe.
Verse 5
Jacob's Star in all its splendor Beams with comfort sweet and tender, Forcing Satan to surrender, Breaking all the pow'rs of hell.
Verse 6
From the bondage that oppressed us, From sin's fetters that possessed us, From the grief that sore distressed us, We, the captives, now are free.
Verse 7
Oh, the joy beyond expressing When by faith we grasp this blessing And to Thee we come confessing, That our freedom thou hast wrought!
Verse 8
Gracious Child, we pray Thee, hear us, From Thy lowly manger cheer us, Gently lead us and be near us Till we join the angelic choir.