The Gospel Proclamation

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Hear the gospel proclamation, sounding out over land and sea

Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin
Tune: [Hear the gospel proclamation]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Hear the gospel proclamation,
Sounding out o’er land and sea;
Hear God’s tender invitation,
Christ has died on Calvary.
Ho, earth’s thirsting sons and daughters,
She has nothing you to give;
Come ye to the living waters,
To love’s fountain, drink and live.

Refrain:
Hear the gospel proclamation,
Hear the silver trumpet’s call;
Here flows free, a full salvation,
Christ has died to save us all.

2 Stray no more on earth’s dark mountain,
Where eternal shadows lie;
Hasten, lost ones, to the fountain,
On the wings of morning fly;
God will cast your sins behind Him,
‘Tis His spirit brooding here;
“Seek the Lord while ye may find Him,
Call upon Him while He’s near.” [Refrain]

3 Ah, say not, “We have no money!”
Take, O take you His advice;
Grapes of Eshcol, Canaan’s honey,
Without money, without price,
All upon His mercy flinging,
Kind and gracious as He stands;
Earth shall break forth into singing,
And the trees shall clap their hands. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.4 #32

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Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin

Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book,… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Hear the gospel proclamation, sounding out over land and sea
Title:	The Gospel Proclamation
Author:	Jeremiah Eames Rankin
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Hear the gospel proclamation
Copyright:	Public Domain