The Hymnal ‎#110

110. Hark, what a sound, and too divine for hearing

1 Hark, what a sound, and too divine for hearing,
Stirs on the earth and trembles in the air!
Is it the thunder of the Lord's appearing?
Is it the music of His people's prayer?

2 Surely He cometh, and a thousand voices
Shout to the saints and to the deaf are dumb;
Surely He cometh, and the earth rejoices,
Glad in His coming who hath sworn, "I come."

3 So even I, and with a pang more thrilling,
So even I, and with a hope more sweet,
Yearn for the sign, O Christ, of Thy fulfilling,
Faint for the flaming of Thine advent feet.

4 Yea, through life, death, through sorrow and through sinning
He shall suffice me, for He hath sufficed;
Christ is the end, for Christ was the beginning,
Christ the beginning, for the end is Christ.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Hark, what a sound, and too divine for hearing
• Author: Frederick William Henry Myers (1843-1901)
• Meter: 11. 10. 11. 10.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: Jesus Christ the Lord: His Advent; Advent; Christ: advent of; Christ: Presence, His Living; Inner Life, The

Tune Information

• Name: WELWYN
• Composer: Alfred Scott-Gatty (1847-1918)
• Meter: 11. 10. 11. 10.
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Tune used by permission of The Very Reverend the Abbot of Downside.