Handel/Rutter "Joy to the World"

Saint Peter's Catholic Church
Established 1821 in the Diocese of Charleston
City of Columbia, South Carolina USA
Christmas Day 10 AM Mass
The Nativity of the Lord Anno Domini MMIX
Metrical Psalm 98: "Joy the World," adapted by Isaac Watts

1) Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

2) Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

3) 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,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

4) He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

Assembly and Schola Cantorum
Antonio Rivera, Cantor
Arranged by Mark Husey, Organist
Ashley and Damir Horvat, Violins
Assembly and Gallery Choir
2002 III/38 Peragallo pipe organ
Specification: http://www.visitstpeters.org/music.htm#peragallo

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