Hark, the Glad Sound

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Hark, the glad sound, the Savior comes

Author: Philip Doddridge (1735)
Published in 835 hymnals

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	Hark! The Glad Sound - Music for Advent

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	Hark, the Glad Sound! The Savior Comes

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	Savior of the Nations, Come - (Choral Sc…

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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 eyeballs 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. His silver trumpets publish loud
The Lord’s high jubilee;
Our debts are all remitted now,
Our heritage is free.

6. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Your welcome shall proclaim,
And Heav’n’s eternal arches ring
With your beloved name.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #16

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Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Hark, the glad sound, the Savior comes
Title:	Hark, the Glad Sound
Author:	Philip Doddridge (1735)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Notes:	Spanish translation: See "Oid us voz: Ya cerca está" by Lorenzo Álvarez
Copyright:	Public Domain

Year A, Advent, Third Sunday
This is recommended for Year A, Advent, Third Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes.
Year B, Advent, Third Sunday
This is recommended for Year B, Advent, Third Sunday by 3 hymnal lectionary indexes including Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #60.
Year B, Epiphany season, Baptism of the Lord (First Sunday)
(VU)
Year B, Epiphany season, Fifth Sunday
Year C, Advent, Third Sunday
This is recommended for Year C, Advent, Third Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes.
Year C, Epiphany season, Third Sunday
This is recommended for Year C, Epiphany season, Third Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #60.

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Tune

RICHMOND (Haweis)

RICHMOND (also known as CHESTERFIELD) is a florid tune originally written by Thomas Haweis (PHH 270) and published in his collection Carmina Christo (1792). Samuel Webbe, Jr., adapted and shortened the tune and published it in his Collection of Psalm Tunes (1808). It was reprinted in 1853 in Webbe's…

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BRISTOL (Ravenscroft)

ST. SAVIOUR (Baker 11716)

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