The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#439

439. Salvation! O, the joyful sound!

Salvation! O, the joyful sound!
'Tis pleasure to our ears;
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.

2 Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell's dark door we lay;
But we arise by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.

3 Salvation! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around;
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound.

Text Information

• First Line: Salvation! O, the joyful sound!
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Sinner: Repentance and Acceptance

Tune Information

• Name: ARLINGTON
• Composer: Thomas A. Arne
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #395, 399, or 635.