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O come, let us sing to the Lord a new song
Author: John Byrom Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project
O come, let us sing to the Lord a new song
O come, let us sing to the Lord a new song
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship #CLXI (1805) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship Topics: Public Thanksgiving for national Blessings Languages: English
O come, let us sing to the Lord a new song
O come, let us sing to the Lord a new song
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CLXI (1789) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship Lyrics: 1 O come, let us sing to the Lord a new song,
And praise him to whom all our praises belong!
While we enter his temple with gladness and joy,
Let a psalm of thanksgiving our voices employ!
O come, to his name let us joyfully sing!
For the Lord is a great and omnipotent King;
By his word were the heavens and the host of them made,
And of the round world the foundations he laid.
2 He stilleth the waves of the boisterous sea,
And the tumults of men, more outrageous than they;
Thy goodness, O Lord! let the people confess,
Whom wars do not waste, nor proud tyrants oppress,
And devoutly contemplate thy wonderful ways,
Thou who turnest the fierceness of men to thy praise!
Then our lands in due season shall yield their increase,
And the Lord give his people the blessings of peace.
Topics: Public Thanksgiving for national Blessings Thanks for National Protection Languages: English
O come, let us sing to the Lord a new song
John Byrom
1692 - 1763 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "O come, let us sing to the Lord a new song" John Byrom was born in 1691, at Manchester, where his father was a linen-draper. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, 1708; became a Fellow of the College in 1714; took his M.A. in 1716, and then proceeded to Montpelier, where he studied medicine. He afterwards abandoned medicine, settled in London, and obtained his living by teaching a system of shorthand, which he had projected. He was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1724. He died Sept. 28, 1763. The first edition of Byrom's poems appeared in 1773, in two volumes. A more complete edition was published in 1814. Byrom did not seek publicity as an author, but wrote verses only for recreation.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872
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Byrom, John, M.A., F.R.S., born at Manchester, Feb. 29,1691-2, baptized the same day, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1712 ; M.A. 1715. He was elected a Fellow of his College in 1714. After studying medicine for a time at Montpellier, he returned to London, and earned his livelihood by teaching shorthand. Elected F.R.S. in 1724, and succeeded to the family estates about the same time. He died Sept. 28, 1763. His Poems were first published in 1773, in two volumes. In 1814 a more complete edition was issued by Nichols, of Leeds. From these Poems less than half a dozen hymns have come into common use. One of these, however, has a repu¬tation which has extended to all English-speaking countries. We refer to his "Christians, awake!" (q.v.). His hymn, "My spirit longeth for Thee," is also worthy of attention.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
John Byrom
