The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#292

292. Calm on the listening ear of night

1 Calm on the listening ear of night,
Come heaven's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains;
Celestial choirs from courts above
Shed sacred glories there;
And angels, with their sparkling lyres,
Make music on the air.

2 The answering hills of Palestine
Send back the glad reply,
And greet from all their holy hights
The Dayspring from on high:
O'er the blue depths of Galilee
There comes a holier calm;
And Sharon waves in solemn praise
Her silent groves of palm.

3 "Glory to God!" the lofty strain
The realm of ether fills;
How sweeps the song of solemn joy
O'er Judah's sacred hills!
"Glory to God!" the sounding skies
Loud with their anthems ring:
"Peace on the earth; good will to men,
From heaven's eternal King."

4 To-day shall Christian tongues be mute,
And Christian hearts be cold?
O catch the anthem that from heaven
O'er Judah's mountains rolled
When sweetly burst from seraph-harps
The high and solemn lay,
"Glory to God; on earth be peace;
Salvation comes to-day!"

Text Information

• First Line: Calm on the listening ear of night
• Author: Edmund H. Sears
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Christ: First Advent

Tune Information

• Name: CAROL
• Composer: Richard S. Willis
• Meter: C. M. D.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #486, 450, or 83.