Sing we merrily to God

Sing we merrily to God,
We the creatures of his grace,
We, the purchase of his blood
Only live to sing and praise,
Make we then a chearful noise,
Every child of Adam join’d
Share the universal joys,
Shout the Friend of all mankind.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Sing ye merrily unto God our strength, make a chearful noise unto the God of Jacob.’—[Ps.] 81:1.” This hymn appears in the 1783 manuscript “MS Scriptural Hymns.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/576, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 312.
Publishing: Public Domain