Joy to the World (Phelps)
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"Joy to the World! The Lord Will Come" is an adaptation by W. W. Phelps of the popular Christian Hymn "Joy to the World". The adapted song was included in A Collection of Sacred Hymns, the first Latter Day Saint hymnal, which was prepared for publication in 1835 and published in February 1836[1] as well as all English-language hymnals published by the LDS Church since 1948.[2]
The textual changes typify the millennial expectation and theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The version of the song published in the current (1985) hymnal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses the Phelps text except for the first two lines, which reflect Watts' original words.[3]
