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Text:Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes
Author:Philip Doddridge, 1702-51
Tune:BRISTOL

6. Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes

1 HARK the glad sound! The Saviour comes,
The Saviour 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
Enrich the humble poor.

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

Text Information
First Line: Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-51 (alt.)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The Christian Year: Advent
Tune Information
Name: BRISTOL
Meter: CM
Key: G Major
Source: Thomas Ravenscroft's Psalmes, 1621



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