Come, we that love the Lord,

And let our joys be known.

Join in a song with sweet accord,

And worship at his throne.

Let those refuse to sing

Who never knew our God,

But servants of the heav’nly King

May speak their joys abroad.

The God who rules on high

And all the earth surveys—

Who rides upon the stormy sky

And calms the roaring seas—

This mighty God is ours,

Our Father and our Love.

He will send down his heav’nly pow’rs

To carry us above.

Text:  Isaac Watts

Born during a time when many churches believed that texts of sacred hymns should be drawn only from the Psalms, gifted poet Isaac Watts felt that hymns should also reflect the light of the New Testament. “Where the Psalmist describes religion by the fear of God,” he wrote, “I have often joined faith and love to it.”

Watts is widely known as the Father of English Hymnody.  He wrote over 600 hymns in his lifetime — among them are When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, O God, Our Help in Ages Past and the beloved Christmas carol Joy to the World.  His hymns have endured for over 250 years and are still widely sung today.  

There are different musical adaptions of this hymn, but the one I have chosen to arrange was written by Aaron Williams.  I actually wrote this a few months back, but sadly my computer crashed last September and with it I lost my trusty, albeit ancient, transcribing program.  I have been spending the last few months procrastinating learning Dorico music notation software.  (Old dog - new trick)  I think I now have enough of the basics down to get by, so I can pick up where I left off. 

Here you go - piano solo Come, We That Love the Lord

Terri Crockett Hutchings · Come, We That Love the Lord

Click HERE to download free sheet music