Adventist Pioneer Library

The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

Salvation!—O, the joyful sound!

  • No. 439
  • Words Isaac Watts.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Salvation!—O, the joyful sound!'Tis pleasure to our ears;A sovereign balm for every 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 heavenly day.

3

Salvation!—let the echo flyThe spacious earth around;While all the armies of the skyConspire to raise the sound.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «439» (large) with the reference line «395, 399, 635.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 395, 399 or 635); the three stanzas stand in the left column of p. 143, below hymn 438 and «Isaac Watts.», with «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 3. The first word «SALVATION» is set in capitals and small capitals; written in ordinary type here. The stanza numbers are printed without a period («1» … «3»); written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («SALVATION !—O,», «sound !», «ears ;», «lay ;», «Salvation !—let», «around ;»); it is closed up here. «!—» (exclamation mark followed by a dash) as printed in stanzas 1 and 3; the printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («'Tis», «hell's»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6, like the referenced tunes). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance · No. 439 · printed page 143
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01