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Joys Above His Power
Adam Jacob Simon
In the tradition of early American hymnody, connected to the Sacred Harp and other American folk singing traditions.
Difficulty: 3
LE-005
SSAA a cappella
Adam Jacob Simon’s “Joys Above His Powers” is a contemporary work in the tradition of early American hymnody, connected to the Sacred Harp and other American folk singing traditions.
Text
Why should this earth delight us so?
Why should we fix our eyes
On these low grounds where sorrows grow,
And every pleasure dies?
While time his sharpest teeth prepares
Our comforts to devour,
There is a land above the stars,
And joys above his power.
Nature shall be dissolved and die,
The sun must end his race,
The earth and sea forever fly,
Before my Savior’s face.
When will that glorious morning rise!
When the last trumpet sound,
And calls the nations to the skies
From underneath the ground?
– Issac Watts (1674-1748)
Why should we fix our eyes
On these low grounds where sorrows grow,
And every pleasure dies?
While time his sharpest teeth prepares
Our comforts to devour,
There is a land above the stars,
And joys above his power.
Nature shall be dissolved and die,
The sun must end his race,
The earth and sea forever fly,
Before my Savior’s face.
When will that glorious morning rise!
When the last trumpet sound,
And calls the nations to the skies
From underneath the ground?
– Issac Watts (1674-1748)
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