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Text:Salvation! O the Joyful Sound!
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:ASHLEY
Composer:Martin Madan, 1725-1790
Media:MIDI file

6178. Salvation! O the Joyful Sound!

1. Salvation! O the joyful sound!
What pleasure to our ears!
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.

2. Buried in sorrow and in sin,
And at hell’s dark door we lay;
But we arise by grace divine
To see a heavenly day.

3. Glory, honor, praise, and power,
Be unto the Lamb forever:
Jesus Christ is our Redeemer:
Hallelujah, Praise the Lord.

4. Salvation! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around;
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound!

5. Salvation! O Thou bleeding Lamb,
To Thee the praise belongs;
Salvation shall inspire our hearts,
And dwell upon our tongues.

Text Information
First Line: Salvation! O the joyful sound
Title: Salvation! O the Joyful Sound!
Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, 1709
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: The last verse, not from Watts, is found in the early of editions of Lady Huntingdon's Collection, and possibly was written by the editor of that book, Walter Shirley.
Tune Information
Name: ASHLEY
Composer: Martin Madan, 1725-1790
Meter: CM
Incipit: 51712 32433 23521
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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