Come, tune your heart, To bear its part, And celebrate Messiah’s feast with praises; Let love inspire The joyful choir, While to the God of love glad hymns it raises. | Exalt his name! With joy proclaim, God loved the world, and through his Son forgave us; Oh! what are we, That, Lord, we see Thy wondrous love, in Christ who died to save us! | Behold our Friend His love commend, In that when foes he died to reconcile us; Our flesh he took, His throne forsook, That from his kingdom God might not exile us. | Your refuge place In his free grace, Trust in his name, and day by day repent you; Ye mock God’s word, Who call him Lord, And follow not the pattern He hath lent you. | O Christ, to prove For Thee my love, Thee in the poor I’ll clothe, and feed, and cherish; To every heart Sweet hope impart, When worn with care, with sorrow nigh to perish. | Heaven and earth Received their birth From Thee, in whom both strength and wisdom blended; Both heart and voice In thee rejoice, And every knee in grateful prayer is bended. | Then praise the Lord! He’ll help afford, And comfort him by whom his name’s esteemed; Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Rejoice in Christ, and praise him ye redeemed! | |