Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
Topic: Christ/First Advent
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: F Giardini
Meter: CM double
Tune: Athens
Hymn Number: 392
Page Number: 137, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHARK, the glad sound! the Saviour comes!
The Saviour promis'd long!
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
He comes, the pris'ner to release,
In Satan's bondage held;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
He comes, from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray,
And on the eyeballs of the blind
To pour celestial day.
He comes the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And, with the treasures of His grace,
T' enrich the humble poor.