<![CDATA[MT. VIEW CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH - Songs of the Month]]>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:00:34 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Joy to the World - December Song of the Month]]>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 02:40:04 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/joy-to-the-world-december-song-of-the-month
Joy to the World, written by Isaac Watts in 1719, was originally written not as a Christmas song, not even as a song at all but as a poem based on Psalm 98. It was included in Isaac Watts collection, The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship.  Continue reading for more history of this famous classic.​
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Christmas Carols: Joy to the World < Click the link to read! 
"During Advent we celebrate the threefold advent of Christ in His incarnation, His dwelling in our hearts by His Spirit, and His glorious return at the last day. These three aspects are each portrayed in Watts’ hymn, Joy to the World."

Lyrics:
Joy to the world, the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare him room And heaven and nature sing!
And heaven and nature sing!
And heaven . . . and heaven . . . and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy! Repeat the sounding joy!
Repeat . . . repeat . . . the sounding joy!

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found!
Far as the curse is found!
Far as . . . far as . . . the curse is found!
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He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness
And wonders of his love!
And wonders of his love!
And wonders . . . wonders . . . of his love!

]]><![CDATA[Come, Ye Thankful People, Come - November Song of the Month]]>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 03:25:20 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/come-ye-thankful-people-come-november-song-of-the-month
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History of Come, Ye Thankful People, Come 

 - "In this hymn, Alford used traditional language and imagery of the rural community to lend words of thankfulness for God’s provision and to expand upon Matthew 13:24–30"

- "​Tom Stewart, in his writing, says:
'[The hymn] addresses the common theme of harvest festivals, called in England the Harvest Home, which is celebrated in English churches usually during the month of September. A thanksgiving service would be held in the church, where the bounty of the harvest is collected, displayed with the fall trappings of pumpkins and autumn leaves, and then dispensed to the needy. And, of course, unlike the humanist that is essentially grateful to only himself, a true Harvest Home celebration acknowledges the provision of God, as did the Pilgrims in 1621 and the ancient Hebrews in their Feast of Firstfruits in the spring on the first day after Passover at the time of the barley harvest. (Stewart, 2016, n.p.)' "
Lyrics:
  1. Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home:
    all is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin;
    God, our Maker, doth provide for our wants to be supplied:
    come to God’s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.
  2. All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto his praise to yield;
    wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown:
    first the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear:
    Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.
  3. For the Lord our God shall come, and shall take his harvest home;
    from his field shall in that day all offenses purge away;
    give his angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast,
    but the fruitful ears to store in his garner evermore.
  4. Even so, Lord, quickly come to thy final harvest home;
    gather thou thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin;
    there forever purified, in thy presence to abide:
    come, with all thine angels, come, raise the glorious harvest home.
Scripture: Matthew 13:39, Mark 4:28, Matthew 3:12

Tune: ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR

Composer Information: Elvey, George J. (1858)

Author: Alford, Henry (5)
]]><![CDATA[The Lord is My Salvation - October Song of the Month]]>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/the-lord-is-my-salvation-october-song-of-the-month
​The Lord Is My Salvation
"initially inspired by phrases from Psalm 27 that helps us address both the joy of our salvation and the way in which we deal with tough seasons of life." - Sing Hymnal 

Scripture:
1 Corinthians 15:1, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Colossians 2:13-14, Psalm 113:5, Psalm 18:16, Psalm 18:29, Psalm 26:12, Psalm 27, Psalm 33:20-22, Psalm 37:7, Psalm 40:1-3, Psalm 91:5, Zephaniah 3:17
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Lyrics

Words & Music by: Jonas Myrin, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Nathan Nockels
]]><![CDATA[Come My Soul and Bless the Lord - September Song of the Month]]>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/come-my-soul-and-bless-the-lord-september-song-of-the-month
Come, My Soul and Bless the Lord 
​Scripture - Psalm 103
103c in the Trinity Psalter Hymnal​ vs. 1-4, 7
  1. Come, my soul, and bless the LORD, all within me bless his name!
    Come, my soul, and bless the LORD; and forget not all his grace:
    all your sins the LORD forgives, all your sicknesses he heals.
    He redeems you from the pit; his compassion he reveals.
  2. He will crown you with his love, with his tender mercies true,
    and he fills your life with good; like the eagle, youth renews.
    God, the righteous judge, defends all oppressed and broken ones,
    showing Moses all his ways and his deeds to Isr’el’s sons.
  3. For the LORD is slow to wrath, full of mercy, full of grace.
    He abounds in steadfast love, will not chide for endless days.
    God will not retain his wrath, he will not repay our sins;
    he will never deal with us as our wickedness demands.
  4. As the heav’ns are high above all the earth which God has made,
    so to those who fear the LORD is his lovingkindness great.
    Far as east is from the west, he removes so far from us,
    in his great, abounding love, all our guilt and wickedness.
     7.  His unfailing righteousness shall to children’s children be,
          to the ones who cov’nant keep and his good commandments heed.
         God the LORD has set his throne; in the heavens it shall stand,
         and his sov’reign kingdom rules over all at his command.

​Stanza Copyright
© 2018 Trinity Psalter Hymnal Joint Venture
About this song:

Tune:
KEESEE
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​Composer Information:
Coleman, Ruth (2010)

Copyright: © 2010 Fred and Ruth Coleman

Author: OPC/URCNA (2016) (230)
]]><![CDATA[Behold Our God]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/behold-our-god
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LYRICS
VERSE 1
Who has held the oceans in His hands?
Who has numbered every grain of sand?
Kings and nations tremble at His voice
All creation rises to rejoice

CHORUS
Behold our God seated on His throne
Come, let us adore Him
Behold our King! Nothing can compare
Come, let us adore Him!

VERSE 2
Who has given counsel to the Lord?
Who can question any of His words?
Who can teach the One Who knows all things?
Who can fathom all His wondrous deeds?

VERSE 3
Who has felt the nails upon His hands
Bearing all the guilt of sinful man?
God eternal humbled to the grave
Jesus, Savior risen now to reign!

TAG
Men: You will reign forever
Women: Let Your glory fill the earth
COPYRIGHT​
Music and words by Jonathan Baird, Meghan Baird, Ryan Baird, and Stephen Altrogge © 2011 Sovereign Grace Worship/ASCAP, Sovereign Grace Praise/BMI (adm. by Integrity Music) Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Churches. All rights reserved.
SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 40:12-17, Psalms 46:6-10

Isaiah 40:12–17
[12] Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?

[13] Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD,
or what man shows him his counsel?

[14] Whom did he consult,
and who made him understand?
Who taught him the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?

[15] Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
and are accounted as the dust on the scales;
behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.

[16] Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,
nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.

[17] All the nations are as nothing before him,
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. (ESV)
MORE INFO can be found here -Behold Our God by Sovereign Grace
]]><![CDATA[The Sands of Time are Sinking]]>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 23:38:01 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/the-sands-of-time-are-sinking
The history of this beautiful hymn written by Anne Ross Cousin can be found here - "The Sands of Time Are Sinking". (Definitely worth the read!) First published in 1857, Cousin based the hymn on a collection of letters written by Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661), a Scottish pastor who suffered much loss in his life.  

"It is recorded that his dying words were “Glory, glory dwelleth in Immanuel’s Land.” It was this quote that stirred the heart of Anne Ross Cousin almost two hundred years later to set the words of Rutherford into a hymn. The hymn is a marvelous testimony of treasuring Christ above all else in this life and the next." - from the article by Ken Puls. 

Lyrics from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal can be found here - The Sands of Time are Sinking 

​Some Scripture References from The Hymnary


]]><![CDATA[My Worth is Not in What I Own]]>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/my-worth-is-not-in-what-i-own
A YouTube version with lyrics can be found here or you can watch the above version on YouTube (the lyrics are displayed below the video)

​A little background  can be found here, Keith Getty Shares Heart Behind Song.
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Scripture
​Isaiah 40:3-11

Matthew 13:44

Luke 12:13-21

John 4:14

Romans 5:1-11

Galatians 6:12-16
]]><![CDATA[It Was Finished Upon That Cross]]>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/it-was-finished-upon-that-cross
]]><![CDATA[God Moves in a Mysterious Way]]>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/god-moves-in-a-mysterious-way
Romans 11:33 
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Introduction
​Trinity Psalter Hymnal‎#256
"This hymn was written by William Cowper [in 1773], a man who was afflicted with mental illness and depression for a large portion of his life. His illness got so severe that he tried to commit suicide three times. With treatment and the inspiration of his friend John Newton, he began to recover and write hymns. This hymn captures the mystery of God’s power, without questioning God’s goodness."
- hymnary.org

Scripture
Romans 11:33 
Psalm 77:19
 Psalm 62:1-8 

Below is the music for the version we sing plus the lyrics
]]><![CDATA[Turn Your Eyes]]>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMThttps://www.mtviewcrc.org/songs-of-the-month/turn-your-eyes
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