Joy to the World (2 of 4)
Series: Christmas Carols
Josh Malone
Psalm 98
There are Christmas carols and then there are THE Christmas carols. Right? There are several carols, but there are lie 4 to 5 that are in another category of popularity. You may think Silent Night, Away in a Manger ... those are marquee right? - Another one is JOY TO THE WORLD. - It's top 5 easy right? It's one of my favs as well.
- Did you know it wasn't written to be a Christmas carol?
- It was written by a great hymn writer, Isaac Watts. He wrote one of the greatest ... "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross." He has been called the "Godfather or father of English Hymnody."
- Kenneth Osbeck notes on Joy to the World, "The music for this popular carol is thought to have been adapted by Lowell Mason, an American church musician, from some of the phrases used in parts of George Frederick Handel's beloved oratorio, The Messiah, first performed in 1742."
- In 1719 Isaac Watts wrote the "Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament." - It was a look at the Psalms through a NT, after Christ had come to the earth. - When he got to Psalm 98 he wrote and titled it "The Messiah's Coming and Kingdom". You know it as "Joy to the World".
Joy to the world! the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, and heav'n and nature sing.
Joy to the earth the Savior reigns. Let men their songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.
What is the focus on the song? There are no angels, no wisemen, no shepherds. Remember it wasn't written for Christmas, it was written based on Psalm 98. That Psalm as we will see this morning is about Yahweh t ...
Series: Christmas Carols
Josh Malone
Psalm 98
There are Christmas carols and then there are THE Christmas carols. Right? There are several carols, but there are lie 4 to 5 that are in another category of popularity. You may think Silent Night, Away in a Manger ... those are marquee right? - Another one is JOY TO THE WORLD. - It's top 5 easy right? It's one of my favs as well.
- Did you know it wasn't written to be a Christmas carol?
- It was written by a great hymn writer, Isaac Watts. He wrote one of the greatest ... "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross." He has been called the "Godfather or father of English Hymnody."
- Kenneth Osbeck notes on Joy to the World, "The music for this popular carol is thought to have been adapted by Lowell Mason, an American church musician, from some of the phrases used in parts of George Frederick Handel's beloved oratorio, The Messiah, first performed in 1742."
- In 1719 Isaac Watts wrote the "Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament." - It was a look at the Psalms through a NT, after Christ had come to the earth. - When he got to Psalm 98 he wrote and titled it "The Messiah's Coming and Kingdom". You know it as "Joy to the World".
Joy to the world! the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, and heav'n and nature sing.
Joy to the earth the Savior reigns. Let men their songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.
What is the focus on the song? There are no angels, no wisemen, no shepherds. Remember it wasn't written for Christmas, it was written based on Psalm 98. That Psalm as we will see this morning is about Yahweh t ...
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