Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#362

362. Salvation, O the joyful sound!

1 Salvation! O the joyful sound!
What pleasure to our ears;
A sov'reign balm for ev’ry 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 heav'nly 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!
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Topic: Christian experience: The convert entertaining hope of pardon; and the happiness of the christian; Joy for salvation

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