Second Advent

Hark! the song of jubilee

No. 901
Metre 7s. D.
Tune AMBOY.
Words James Montgomery.
Music Lowell Mason.
Key D major
Singing key C major
Time 3/4
3 stanzas

Words

Hark! the song of jubilee;Loud as mighty thunders roar,Or the fullness of the seaWhen it breaks upon the shore:Hallelujah! 'tis the Lord!Lo, he comes on earth to reign;Hallelujah! let the wordEcho round the earth and main.

Hallelujah!—hark! the soundRises joyful to the skies;From above, beneath, around,Wake creation's harmonies:See Jehovah's banner furled,Sheathed his sword: he speaks,—'t is done,Now the kingdoms of this worldAre the kingdoms of his Son.

He shall reign from pole to poleWith supreme, unbounded sway;He shall reign, when, like a scroll,Yonder heavens have passed away:Then beneath his iron rod,Man's last enemy shall fall;Hallelujah! to our God,Lo, he comes to conquer all.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «SECOND ADVENT—EXECUTIVE JUDGMENT.»; hymn number «901» (large), tune name «AMBOY. 7s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals; the «D.» smaller), «LOWELL MASON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); «Fine.» over the end of system 1 and «D. C.» over the end of system 2. Stanza 1 is interlinear: between the staves of system 1, in braces with «1.» before them, «Hark! the song of ju - bi - lee; Loud as might - y thun-ders roar,» (first time) and «Or the full - ness of the sea When it breaks up - on the shore:» (the repeat); under them, in italics, «D. C.—Hal - le - lu - jah! let the word Ech - o round the earth and main.» (sung on system 1 after the D. C.); between the staves of system 2 «Hal - le - lu - jah! 'tis the Lord! Lo, he comes on earth to reign;». Stanza 1 is assembled here in the order sung (lines 1–2, 3–4, 5–6 of system 2, 7–8 of the D. C. line); syllables are joined into whole words. Stanzas 2–3 follow as text in the left column under the italic reference line «828, 293, 771.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 828, 293 or 771), numbered «2», «3» without a period (numbered «2.», «3.» here like stanza 1); lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. Stanza 2, line 6 is turned over in the print («Sheathed his sword: he speaks,—'t is» / «done,») and is one verse line here. «James Montgomery.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «!» («lee ;», «skies ;», «harmonies :», «sword :», «sway ;», «away :», «fall ;», «Hallelujah !—hark !»); it is closed up here. «'tis» is printed solid under the music and «'t is» with a thin space in stanza 2 — both kept as printed. Straight apostrophes. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. A handwritten ink note at the foot of the page («1868-89»?) belongs to the exemplar, not to the print, and is not transcribed.