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Text:Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
Translator:E. Caswall
Tune:MERTON
Composer:W. H. Monk

41a. Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding

1 Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding;
"Christ is nigh," it seems to say;
"Cast away the works of darkness
O ye children of the day!"

2 Wakened by the solemn warning,
Let the earth-bound soul arise;
Christ, her Sun, all sloth dispelling,
Shines upon the morning skies.

3 Lo! the Lamb, so long expected,
Comes with pardon down from heaven;
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
One and all to be forgiven;

4 So when next He comes in glory,
Wrapping all the world in fear,
May He with His mercy shield us,
And with words of love draw near.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
Translator: E. Caswall
Meter: 8.7.8.7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1894
Topic: Preparation for Christ
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: MERTON
Composer: W. H. Monk
Meter: 8.7.8.7.
Key: F Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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