The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12860

12860. Happy Tidings

1 Tidings, happy tidings,
Hark! hark! the sound!
Hear the joyful echo
Through the world resound;
Christ the Lord proclaims them,
Hear and heed the call,
Come, ye starving ones that perish,
Room, room for all.

Refrain:
Whosoever asketh,
Jesus will receive;
Whosoever thirsteth,
Jesus will relieve.
See the living waters
Flowing full and free;
O the blessed whosoever,
That means me.

2 Tidings, happy tidings,
Hark! hark! they say,
Do not slight the warning,
Come, O come today.
Christ, our loving Savior,
Still repeats the call—
Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Room, room for all. [Refrain]

3 Tidings, happy tidings,
Hark! hark! again!
Rushing o’er the mountain,
Sweeping o’er the plain;
Onward goes the message,
Tis the Savior’s call,
Come, for everything is ready,
Room, room for all. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Tidings, happy tidings
• Title: Happy Tidings
• Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1882)
• Refrain First Line: Whosoever asketh
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Triumph by John Swanel Inskip (Philadelphia: National Association for Promotion of Holiness, 1882)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Liz­zie Ed­wards, one of Crosby’s pseu­do­nyms.

Tune Information

• Name: [Tidings, happy tidings]
• Composer: John Robson Sweney
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain