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Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

87. 87

Modality

E Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Composer

William Henry Monk [1823-1889]

Composer (desc.)

Alan Gray [1855-1935]

Descant used by permission of Cambridge University Press.

Language

English

Original Language

Latin

Publication Date

1985

Source

Latin [ca. 6th cent.; Hymns Ancient and Modern]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Dec 15, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 10, 2023 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 11, 2022 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 05, 2021 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 08, 2019 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding.
"Christ is nigh," it seems to say;
"Cast away the works of darkness,
O ye children of the day."

Wakened by the solemn warning,
from earth's bondage let us rise;
Christ, our sun, all sloth dispelling,
shines upon the morning skies.

Lo! the Lamb, so long expected,
comes with pardon down from heaven;
let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
one and all to be forgiven;

so when next he comes with glory,
and the world is wrapped in fear,
may he with his mercy shield us,
and with words of love draw near.

Honor, glory, might, and blessing
to the Father and the Son,
with the everlasting Spirit,
while unending ages run.