109 | The Hymnal#110 | 111 |
Text: | Hark, what a sound, and too divine for hearing |
Author: | Frederick William Henry Myers (1843-1901) |
Tune: | WELWYN |
Composer: | Alfred Scott-Gatty (1847-1918) |
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 | |
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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(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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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. |