Let earth and heaven agree

Let earth and heaven agree. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788). First published in Hymns on God’s Everlasting Love (1742) in ten 6-line stanzas, it appeared in the second edition (1765) of Select Hymns, and in John Wesley*’s A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People called Methodists (1780), in eight stanzas:   Let earth and heaven agree,    Angels and men be joined,  To celebrate with me    The Saviour of mankind,T’adore the all-atoning Lamb,And bless the sound of Jesu’s name.   Jesus, transporting sound!    The joy of earth and heaven!  No other help is found,    No other name is givenBy which we can salvation have:But Jesus came the world to save.   Jesus, harmonious name!    It...

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