So far in 2023, 13 million people from 200-plus countries around the world have benefitted from the Hymnary website! Thank you to all who use Hymnary.org and all who support it with gifts of time, talent and treasure. If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful. You can donate online at our secure giving site. Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please send it to: Hymnary.org, Calvin University, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. May the hope, love, joy and peace of Advent be yours this day and always.

Your donation:
$

Heralds of Zion

Glad as the morning, swift as the light

Author: Priscilla Jane Owens
Tune: [Glad as the morning, swift as the light]
Published in 9 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Glad as the morning, swift as the light,
Heralds of Zion go forth in might;
Over the mountain, over the deep,
Go where the heathen weep.

Chorus:
Far and wide the Sabbath music roll,
Peace and joy for each benighted soul,
Labor and triumph, God will provide,
Tell them, tell them, tell them that Jesus died.

2 Earnest and eager, glad hearts of youth,
Soft hands of childhood, speed on the truth;
List to the children over the sea,
Crying for help from thee. [Chorus]

3 Free as the sunshine, wide as its ray,
Tidings of gladness, haste on your way,
Healing the sorrow, loosing the chain,
Teaching that Christ shall reign. [Chorus]

4 Clothed with salvation, shielded with might,
Heralds of Zion, bear on the light,
Over the desert, waiting for thee,
See how the shadows flee. [Chorus]


Source: Gospel Praise Book.: a collection of choice gems of sacred song suitable for church service, gospel praise meetings, and family devotions. (Complete ed.) #220

Author: Priscilla Jane Owens

Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Glad as the morning, swift as the light
Title: Heralds of Zion
Author: Priscilla Jane Owens
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Far and wide the Sabbath music roll
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)

Children's Praises #d12

Page Scan

Garlands of Praise #80

Page Scan

Gleanings of Sacred Song #209

Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d42

TextAudioPage Scan

Gospel Praise Book. #220

Page Scan

Sparkling Rubies #14

Page Scan

The Devotional Chimes #89

Page Scan

The Gem of Gems #93

The Wave of Sunday School Song #d25

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us