Text: | Hark! the glad sound! the Savior comes |
Author: | Phillip Doddridge, 1702-1751 |
Tune: | RICHMOND |
Adapter: | Samuel Webbe, 1740-1816 |
Composer (desc.): | Craig Sellar Lang, 1891-1971 |
Composer (melody): | Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820 |
1 Hark, the glad sound! the Savior comes,
the Savior promised long:
let every heart prepare a throne,
and every voice a song.
2 He comes, the prisoners to release
in Satan's bondage held;
the gates of brass before him burst,
the iron fetters yield.
3 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
the bleeding soul to cure;
and with the treasures of his grace
to enrich the humble poor.
4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
thy welcome shall proclaim;
and heaven's eternal arches ring
with thy beloved Name.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark! the glad sound! the Savior comes |
Author: | Phillip Doddridge, 1702-1751 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RICHMOND |
Composer (melody): | Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820 |
Adapter: | Samuel Webbe, 1740-1816 |
Composer (desc.): | Craig Sellar Lang, 1891-1971 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | The English Hymnal, 1906(harm.) |
Copyright: | Descant by permission of Novello and Co. Ltd. |