Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid

"Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid" appears in 3 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.

“Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid”· 3 hymns found
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The gov­ern­ment of earth and seas
To us the Son of God is giv’n.
The gov­ern­ment of worlds He made

Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid

His wide do­min­ions still in­crease,
The gov­ern­ment of earth and Heav’n.
His name the Won­der­ful shall be;

The Lands That Long in Darkness Lay

lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1709
Composer: Lowell Mason, 1850
Hymn 1

...The gov­ern­ment of earth and seas

Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid;

His wide do­min­ions still in­crease,...

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The gov­ern­ment of earth and seas

Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid;

His wide do­min­ions still in­crease,

The Lands That Long in Darkness Lay

Nations That Long in Darkness Walked

Composer: John Barnard, 1752
Hymn 2

...To us the Son of God is giv’n.

Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid

The gov­ern­ment of earth and Heav’n....

HymnC

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To us the Son of God is giv’n.

Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid

The gov­ern­ment of earth and Heav’n.

Nations That Long in Darkness Walked

To Us a Child Is Born from Heav’n

lyricist: Charles De Coetlogon, 1806
Composer: Lowell Mason, 1824
Hymn 3

...The gov­ern­ment of worlds He made

Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid.

His name the Won­der­ful shall be;...

HymnC

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The gov­ern­ment of worlds He made

Upon His shoul­ders shall be laid.

His name the Won­der­ful shall be;

To Us a Child Is Born from Heav’n

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