Text: | Hark! a trumpet call is sounding |
Translator: | E. Caswall (1814-1878) |
Tune: | MERTON |
Composer: | W. H. Monk (1823-1889) |
1 Hark! a trumpet call is sounding,
'Christ is near,' it seems to say:
'Cast away the dreams of darkness,
children of the dawning day!"
2 Wakened by the solemn warning,
let our earth-bound souls arise;
Christ, our sun, all harm dispelling,
shines upon the morning skies.
3 See! 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 That, when next he comes in glory
and the world is wrapped in fear
with his mercy he may shield us,
and with words of love draw near.
5 Honour, glory, might, and blessing
to the Father, and the Son,
with the everlasting Spirit,
while eternal ages run!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark! a trumpet call is sounding |
Translator: | E. Caswall (1814-1878) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1987 |
Topic: | God, Saviour: Returning and Triumphant; Doxologies; Advent 1: The Advent Hope(2 more...) |
Source: | the Latin (sixth century) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MERTON |
Composer: | W. H. Monk (1823-1889) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 |
Key: | F Major |