Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Oh let the joyful tidings fill the wide creation (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Oh let the joyful tidings fill the wide creation

Topic: The Church/Growth and Future Triumphs

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: From Manhattan Collection

Meter: PM

Tune: Oh Let the Joyful Tidings (Stop)

Hymn Number: 477

Page Number: 175, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Oh, let the joy-ful tidings fill the wide cre-a-tion,

Heirs of re-deem-ing mer-cy,

Spread the news a-round;

Je-sus, Im-man-u-el, shall rule o'er ev-ery na-tion,

Far as the guil-ty race of man is found.

Now while the night of a-ges fills the world with sad-ness,

Now, while the Prince of Dark-ness ra-ges in hi mad-ness,

Sun of right-eousness, thy