Second Advent

Hark! that shout of rapture high

No. 904
Metre 7s.
Tune HENDON.
Words Thomas Kelly.
Music C. H. A. Malan.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 2/2
4 stanzas

Words

Hark! that shout of rapture high,Bursting forth from yonder cloud;Jesus comes, and, through the sky,Angels tell their joy aloud.

Hark! the trumpet's awful voiceSounds abroad o'er sea and landLet his people now rejoice;Their redemption is at hand.

See, the Lord appears in view;Heaven and earth before him fly;Rise, ye saints, he comes for you;Rise, to meet him in the sky.

Go and dwell with him above,Where no foe can e'er molest;Happy in the Saviour's love,Ever blessing, ever blest.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «SECOND ADVENT—EXECUTIVE JUDGMENT.»; hymn number «904» (large), tune name «HENDON. 7s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals; the «s» a small capital), «C. H. A. MALAN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set between the staves, one text line per system, with «1.» before «Hark!»; the tune sings the last line of the stanza twice («An-gels tell their joy a - loud, An-gels tell their joy a-loud.»), the stanza below gives it once, as poetry (as in the delivery of hymn 15, the same tune). «Bursting» and «yonder» are printed as one word under two notes; «rapt-ure high,» and «Bursting forth from» are set tight. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text below the music, under the reference line «821, 605, 272.» in bold italics (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 821, 605 or 272): stanza 2 and the first two lines of stanza 3 in the left column, the rest of stanza 3 and stanza 4 in the right column; lines 2 and 4 of each stanza indented; «Thomas Kelly» in italics after stanza 4, without a final period. Stanza 2 line 2 («Sounds abroad o'er sea and land») ends without punctuation, as printed. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («Hark !», «rejoice ;», «view ;», «fly ;», «you ;», «molest ;», «cloud ;»); it is closed up here, and the printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («trumpet's», «o'er», «e'er», «Saviour's»). Spelling («Saviour's»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.