Lift your voice, and joyful sing

Lift your voice, and joyful sing

Author: James Merrick
Published in 30 hymnals

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1 Lift your voice, and thankful sing
Praises to our Heavenly King.
Be the Lord our only theme,
Who of Gods is God supreme;
For his blessings far extend,
And his mercy knows no end.

2 He asserts his just command,
By the wonders of his hand,
He whose wisdom thron'd on high,
built the mansions of the sky;
For his blessings far extend,
And his mercy knows no end.

3 He who bade the watery deep,
Under earth's foundation sleep;
And the orbs that gild the pole,
Through the boundless ether roll;
For his blessings far extend,
And his mercy knows no end.

4 Thou, O sun, whose powerful ray
Rules the empire of the day;
You, O moon and stars, whose light
Gilds the darkness of the night:
For his blessings far extend,
And his mercy knows no end.

5 He with food sustains, O earth,
All who claim from thee their birth;
Yield the homage that his name
From a creature's lips may claim;
For his blessings far extend,
And his mercy knows no end.

Source: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #XXII

Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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First Line: Lift your voice, and joyful sing
Author: James Merrick
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship #XXII

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #XXII

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #P.CXXXVIb

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #285

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #135

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The Vocal Companion #131

Grammar School Hymn Book #d143

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d243

Psalms and Hymns for Public worship, Containing All the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts ... #d480

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d257

Psalms in Metre and Hymns Selected for the Use of the Parish Church of Boston #d53

Sacred poetry #d263

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Sacred Poetry #aCXXXVIc

Sacred Poetry #d262

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Sacred Poetry #CXXXVIc

The Christian Psalter #d295

The Modern Harp #d138

The Universalist Hymn Book #d263

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #62

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #54

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #74

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #74

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #74

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Hymns for Public Worship #20

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #19

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Selection of Hymns, for Public Worship designed to be used with Watts' #16

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The School Hymn-Book #118

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