O for a Shout of Joy

O for a shout of joy

Loud as the theme we sing!

To this di­vine em­ploy

Your hearts and voic­es bring;

Sound

sound

through all the earth abroad

The love

th’eter­nal love of God;

The love

th’eter­nal love of God.

Unnumbered my­ri­ads stand

Of ser­aphs bright and fair

Or bow at His right hand

And pay their hom­age there;

But strive in vain

with loud­est chord

To sound the wond­rous love of God;

To sound the won­drous love of God.

Yet sin­ners saved by grace

Ln songs of low­er key

In ev­ery age and place

Have sung the mys­te­ry;

Have told

in strains of sweet ac­cord

The love

the sov­er­eign love of God;

The love

the sov­er­eign love of God.

Though earth and hell as­sail

And doubts and fears arise

The weak­est shall pre­vail

And grasp the heav­en­ly prize

And through an end­less age re­cord

The love

th’un­chang­ing love of God;

The love

th’un­chang­ing love of God.