Advent
Hark the Glad Sound
- Words:
- Philip Doddridge, 1735.
- Music:
- 'Chesterfield' or 'Richmond (Haweis)' or 'Spa Fields Chapel' Thomas Haweis, 1792.
- Setting:
- "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1896.
- Metre:
- 8 6 8 6
- 1Hark, the glad sound! the Savior comes!The Savior promised long;Let every heart prepare a throne,And every voice a song.
- 2On Him the Spirit, largely poured,Exerts its sacred Fire;Wisdom and might, and zeal and love,His holy Breast inspire.
- 3He comes the pris'ners to release,In Satan's bondage held;The gates of brass before Him burst,The iron fetters yield.
- 4He comes from thickest films of viceTo clear the mental ray,And on the eyeballs of the blindTo pour celestial day.
- 5He comes the broken heart to bind,The bleeding soul to cure;And with the treasures of His graceT'enrich the humble poor.
- 6His silver trumpets publish loudThe jub'lee of the LordOur debts are all remitted nowOur heritage restored.
- 7Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,Thy welcome shall proclaim;And Heav'n's eternal arches ringWith Thy belovèd name.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1735, the words are in 864 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Chesterfield, is in 1 hymnal. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.