Let Us Love, and Sing, and Wonder
Let us love, and sing, and wonder,
Let us praise the Savior’s name!
He has hushed the law’s loud thunder,
He has quenched Mount Sinai’s flame.
Let us love the Lord, who bought us,
Pitied us when enemies;
Called us by his grace, and taught us,
Gave us ears, and gave us eyes.
Let us sing, though fierce temptations
Threaten hard to bear us down!
For the Lord, our strong salvation,
Holds in view the conqueror’s crown,
Let us wonder, grace and justice
Join and point to mercy’s store;
When we trust in Christ our fortress,
Justice smiles, and asks no more.
Let us praise and join the chorus
Of the saints enthroned on high;
Here they trusted him before us,
Now their praises fill the sky.
Hark! the name of Jesus, sounded
Loud, from golden harps above!
Lord we blush, and are confounded,
Faint our praise, and cold our love!
Words: John Newton, 1774.
I like it! I sang it to my own tune. Happy Sunday, good pilgrim.
John Newton again! I have been reading at Christianity Today to catch myself up to speed on his life…fascinating life and much more than being a captain of slave ships. The final two lines of this hymn are zingers.
Thank you for sharing this hymn. I wish you and yours a very nice week!