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Text: | Hark! a trumpet-call is sounding |
Translator: | Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 |
Tune: | MERTON |
Composer: | William Henry Monk, 1823-1889 |
Composer (descant): | John Barnard, b. 1948 |
1 Hark! a trumpet-call is sounding,
'Christ is near,' it seems to say:
'cast away the dreams of darkness,
children of the dawning day!'
2 Wakened by the solemn warning,
let our earth-bound souls arise;
Christ, our Sun, all harm dispelling,
shines upon the morning skies.
3 See! the Lamb, so long expected,
comes with pardon down from heaven;
let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
one and all to be forgiven.
4 That, when next He comes in glory
and the world is wrapped in fear,
with His mercy He may shield us,
and with words of love draw near.
5 Honour, glory, might and blessing
to the Father, and the Son,
with the everlasting Spirit,
while eternal ages run!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark! a trumpet-call is sounding |
Translator: | Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 (alt.) |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Source: | Latin |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MERTON |
Composer: | William Henry Monk, 1823-1889 |
Composer (descant): | John Barnard, b. 1948 |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | Descant © John Barnard / Jubilate Hymns |