The Sacred Harp ‎#47a

47a. Salvation, O the joyful sound!

1 Salvation, O the joyful sound,
’Tis 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!
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1991

Tune Information

• Name: PRIMROSE
• Composer: Amzi Chapin (1812)
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: A Major