Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder

lyricist: John Newton, 1774
Composer: Darmstadt Gesangbuch, 1698

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.

He has washed us with His blood

He has brought us nigh to God.

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:

He has washed us with His blood

He pre­sents our souls to God.

Let us sing

though fierce temp­ta­tion

Threaten hard to bear us down!

For the Lord

our strong sal­va­tion

Holds in view the con­quer­or’s crown:

He who washed us with His blood

Soon will bring us home to God.

Let us won­der

grace and jus­tice

Join and point to mer­cy’s store;

When through grace in Christ our trust is

Justice smiles and asks no more:

He who washed us with His blood

Has se­cured our way to God.

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:

Thou hast washed us with Your blood;

Thou art wor­thy

Lamb of God!

Hark! the name of Je­sus

sound­ed

Loud

from gold­en harps ab­ove!

Lord

we blush

and are con­found­ed

Faint our prais­es

cold our love!

Wash our souls and songs with blood

For by Thee we come to God.

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