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Text:We Have Heard the Joyful Sound
Author:Priscilla J. Owens, 1829-1907
Tune:JESUS SAVES
Composer:William J. Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921
Media:MIDI file

554. We Have Heard the Joyful Sound

1 We have heard the joyful sound:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Spread the tidings all around:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Bear the news to every land,
climb the steeps and cross the waves;
onward! ’tis our Lord’s command:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!

2 Send it on the rolling tide:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Tell to sinners far and wide:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Sing, you islands of the sea!
Echo back, you ocean caves!
Earth shall keep her jubilee:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!

3 Sing above the battle strife:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
By his death and endless life:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Sing it softly through the gloom,
when the heart for mercy craves;
sing in triumph o’er the tomb:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!

4 Give the winds a mighty voice:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Let the nations now rejoice:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Shout salvation full and free,
highest hills and deepest caves;
this our song of victory:
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!

Text Information
First Line: We have heard the joyful sound
Title: We Have Heard the Joyful Sound
Author: Priscilla J. Owens, 1829-1907
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2003
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: JESUS SAVES
Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6.
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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