
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #362 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Salvation! O the joyful sound!
What pleasure to our ears;
A sov'reign balm for ev’ry wound,
A cordial for our fears.
2 Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell's dark door we lay:
But we arise by grace divine,
To see a heav'nly day.
3 Salvation! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around;
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound.
Topics: Christian experience The convert entertaining hope of pardon; and the happiness of the christian; Joy for salvation
Salvation, O the joyful sound!