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Text:Shall Hymns of Grateful Love
Author:James J. Cummins
Tune:DARWALL'S 148TH
Composer:John Darwall
Media:MIDI file

6048. Shall Hymns of Grateful Love

1. Shall hymns of grateful love
Through Heav’n’s high arches ring,
And all the hosts above their songs of triumph sing;
And shall we not take up the strain,
And send the echo back again?

2. Shall they adore the Lord,
Who bought them with His blood,
And all the love record that led them home to God;
And shall not we take up the strain,
And send the echo back again?

3. O spread the joyful sound,
The Savior’s love proclaim,
And publish all around
Salvation through His name;
Till all the world take up the strain,
And send the echo back again.

Text Information
First Line: Shall hymns of grateful love
Title: Shall Hymns of Grateful Love
Author: James J. Cummins (1839)
Meter: 66.66.88
Language: English
Source: Seals of the Covenant Opened in the Sacraments, 1839
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: DARWALL'S 148TH
Composer: John Darwall (1770)
Meter: 66.66.88
Incipit: 13153 17654 32231
Key: D Major
Source: The New Un­i­ver­sal Psalm­o­dist, by Aaron Williams, 1770
Copyright: Public Domain



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