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

41. 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 Waken'd by the solemn warning,
Let the earth bound soul arise;
Christ, her Sun, all sloth dispeling,
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 with glory,
Wrapping all the world in fear,
May He with His mercy shield us,
And with words of love draw near.

Text Information
First Line: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
Translator: E. Caswell
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Topic: The Christian Year: Advent
Tune Information
Name: MERTON
Composer: W. H. Monk
Meter: 8.7.8.7.
Key: F Major or modal



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