The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12091

12091. Who Can Forbear To Sing?

1 Who can forbear to sing,
Who can refuse to praise,
When Zion’s high celestial king
His saving power displays?

2 When sinners at His feet,
By mercy conquered, fall;
When grace, and truth, and justice meet,
And peace unites them all?

3 When that terrific law
Which, from the blazing mount,
Filled Israel’s trembling camp with awe,
Shows a discharged account?

4 When the sweet Gospel found,
The silver trump of Heav’n.
Proclaim, to contrite souls around,
That all their sin’s forgiv’n?

5 When Heav’n’s expanding gates
Invite the pilgrims’ feet,
And Jesus, at their entrance, waits
To place them on His seat?

6 Who can forbear to praise
Our high celestial king,
When sovereign, rich, redeeming grace,
Invites our tongues to sing?

Text Information

• First Line: Who can forbear to sing
• Title: Who Can Forbear To Sing?
• Author: Joseph Swain
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Walworth Hymns (London: J. Matthews, 1792)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: ST. THOMAS by Aaron Williams

Tune Information

• Name: WENNERBERG
• Arranger: Gunnar Wennerberg, 1817-1901
• Meter: SM
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain