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Text:Hark! That Sound Of Rapturous Joy
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:AINSWORTH
Composer:Thomas Hastings
Media:MIDI file

11268. Hark! That Sound Of Rapturous Joy

1 Hark! that sound of rapturous joy
Bursting forth from yonder cloud:
Jesus comes, and thro’ the sky,
Angels tell their joy aloud.

2 Now the world’s duration ends,
Now the Lord will meet his foes;
These shall perish, but His friends
Shall in Heav’n obtain repose.

3 Hark, the trumpet’s awful voice
Sounds abroad thro’ sea and land;
Let His people now rejoice,
Their redemption is at hand.

4 See! the Lord appears in view,
Heav’n and earth before Him fly:
Rise, ye saints, He comes for you;
Rise to meet Him in the sky.

5 Go and dwell with Him above,
Where no foes can e’er molest;
Happy in the Savior’s love!

Text Information
First Line: Hark! that sound of rapturous joy
Title: Hark! That Sound Of Rapturous Joy
Author: Thomas Kelly
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Hymns of Various Passages of Scripture, 4th ed. (Dublin: Thomas Johnson, 1812)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: HENDON by H. A. César Malan, 1827 (repeats the last line of each verse)
Tune Information
Name: AINSWORTH
Composer: Thomas Hastings (1858)
Meter: 77.77
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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