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Come, let us join our cheerful songs

The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

4 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1876 #21

Hymns and Tunes 1876 #21 · 1876Hymns and Tunes 1886 #112 · 1886

Verse 1

Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne; ;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

Verse 1

Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

Verse 2

Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry,
To be exalted thus; ;
Worthy the Lamb, our hearts reply,
For he was slain for us.

Verse 2

Worthy the Lamb who died, they cry,
To be exalted thus;
Worthy the Lamb, our hearts reply,
For he was slain for us.

Verse 3

Jesus is worthy to receive
Honor and power divine; ;
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, forever thine.

Verse 3

Jesus is worthy to receive
Honor and power divine;
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, forever thine.

Verse 4

To Him who reigns in worlds of light,
The eternal King of Heaven,
Be honor, majesty, and might,
And everlasting glory given.

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