Awake the trumpet's lofty sound

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Awake the trumpet's lofty sound

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1 Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound,
To spread your sacred pleasure round;
Awake each voice, and strike each string,
And to the solemn organ sing.

2 Let all, whom life and breath inspire,
Attend, and join the blissful choir;
But chiefly ye, who know His Word,
Adore, and love, and praise the Lord.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #9484

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First Line:	Awake the trumpet's lofty sound
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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LOWELL (English)

ROTHWELL (Tans'ur)

ST. PETERSBURG

Dmitri Stephanovich Bortnianski (b. Gloukoff, Ukraine, 1751; d. St. Petersburg, Russia, 1825) was a Russian composer of church music, operas, and instrumental music. His tune ST. PETERSBURG (also known as RUSSIAN HYMN) was first published in J. H. Tscherlitzky's Choralbuch (1825). The tune is suppo…

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