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Text:Hark the Glad sound! The Savior Comes
Author:Philip Doddridge
Tune:CHESTERFIELD
Composer:Thomas Haweis

66. Hark the Glad sound! The Savior Comes

1 Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne
And ev'ry voice a song.

2 He comes the pris'ners to release,
In Satan's bondage held.
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.

3 He comes, from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray
And on the eye-balls of the blind
To pour celestial day.

4 He comes the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of His grace
T'enrich the humble poor.

5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim,
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With Thy belovèd name.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes
Title: Hark the Glad sound! The Savior Comes
Author: Philip Doddridge (1735,cento)
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1941
Scripture: ;
Topic: The Church Year: Advent
Tune Information
Name: CHESTERFIELD
Composer: Thomas Haweis (1792)
Meter: C.M.
Key: G Major



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