Hymn
Love and Joy
O come, Thou stricken Lamb of God!
Who shed'st for us Thine own lifeblood,
And teach us all Thy love:--then pain
In life were sweet, and death were gain.
Take Thou our hearts, and let them be
Forever closed to all but Thee;
Thy willing servants, let us wear
The seal of love forever there.
How blest are they who still abide
Close sheltered by Thy watchful side;
Who life and strength from Thee receive,
And with Thee move, and in Thee live.
Ah, Lord, enlarge our scanty thought,
To know the wonders Thou hast wrought;
Unloose our stamm'ring tongues to tell
Thy love, immense, unsearchable.
First-born of many brethren, Thou!
To whom both heaven and earth must bow;
Heirs of Thy shame and of Thy throne,
We bear Thy cross, and seek Thy crown.
Love and Joy — Text from A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs, 1881. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/love-and-joy
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Love and Joy?
The words of Love and Joy are credited to John Wesley and Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf; the version here was published in 1881. The library holds 12 more hymns by John Wesley, including Give to the Winds Thy Fears and Redemption Found.
Is Love and Joy public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs, published in 1881. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Love and Joy?
Love and Joy is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Ezekiel's Vision of the Dry Bones, O Thou, to Whom in Ancient Time and The Unity of God.