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COME, sound his praise abroad

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.

16 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #32

Verse 1

COME, blessed Jesus, from above,
And hymns of glory sing; ;
Jehovah is the sov'reign Lord,
The universal King.

Verse 1

COME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing;
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.

Not in this version

Verse 2

He formed the deeps unknown,
He gave the seas their bound;

The watery worlds are all his own,

And all the solid ground.

Verse 2

Come, mortals, with his servants, come,
Come, bow before the Lord; ;
We are his work, and not our own,
He formed us by his word.

Verse 3

Come, worship at his throne,
Come, bow before the Lord;
We are his work, and not our own,
He formed us by his word.

Verse 3

To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod; ;
Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

Verse 4

To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod;
Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

COME, sound his praise abroad: every version compared · Advent Hymnals