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Come, Your Heart and Voices Raising

Tune: Quem Pastores · Meter 8 8 8 7

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1 Come, your hearts and voices raising, Christ the Lord with gladness praising; Loudly sing His love amazing, Worthy folk of Christendom.

2 Sin and death may well be groaning, Satan now may well be moaning; We, our full salvation owning, Cast our every care away.

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.

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.

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.

Words: Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676); translated by composite
Music: German; setting by unknown
Scripture: Lk 2:15, Lk 1:68-71, Is 61:1, Ps 107:10-22
Public domain. From the Open Hymnal Project.