1 Shout, O earth! from silence waking,
Tune with joy thy varied tongue;
Shout! as when from chaos breaking
Sweetly flowed thy natal song:
Shout! for thy Creator's love
Sends redemption from above.
2 Downward from his star-paved dwelling
Comes the incarnate Son of God;
Countless voices, thrilling, swelling,
Tell the triumphs of his blood:
Shout! he comes thy tribes to bless
With his spotless righteousness.
3 See his glowing hand uplifted!
Clustering bounties drop around;
Rebels ev'n are richly gifted,
Pardon, peace, and joy abound!
Shout, O earth! and let thy song
Ring the vaulted heavens along.
4 Call him blessèd! on thy mountains
In thy wild and citied plains;
Call him blessèd! where thy fountains
Speak in softly murmuring strains.
Let thy captives, let thy kings
Join the lyre of thousand strings.
5 Blessèd Lord, and Lord of blessing!
Pour thy quickening gifts abroad;
Raptured tongues, thy love confessing,
Shall extol the living God.
Blessèd, blessèd, blessèd Lord!
Heaven shall chant no other word.
Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient and modern #328
Havergal, William Henry, M.A, son of William Havergal, was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 1793, and was educated at St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford (B.A. 1815, M.A. 1819). On taking Holy Orders he became in 1829 Rector of Astley, Worcestershire; in 1842, Rector of St. Nicholas, Worcester; and in 1860, Rector of Shareshill, near Wolverhampton. He was also Hon. Canon in Worcester Cathedral from 1845. He died April 18, 1870. His hymns, about 100 in all, were in many instances written for special services in his own church, and printed as leaflets. Several were included in W. Carus Wilson's Book of General Psalmody, 1840 (2nd ed., 1842); and in Metrical Psalms & Hymns for Singing in Churches, Worcester, Deighton, 1849, commonly known as the W… Go to person page >
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