The Church — Ministry and Missions

Lift the voice and sound the trumpet

No. 1067
Metre 8s & 7s. D.
Tune TRENT.
Words Anon.
Music Edwin Barnes.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

Lift the voice and sound the trumpet,Watcher on the mountain hight,Roll the clarion notes around thee,Shout, as fleets the passing night.Lift the voice in words of warning,Wake the slumbering hosts below,Cry aloud, "Behold the dawning!"Rouse, and gird to meet the foe!

Lift the voice!—Lo, weak and dying,Warriors, struggling, faint and fall;Bid them fight! on God relying;Jesus comes to conquer all!Lift the voice in notes of gladness,Ring the shout along the sky,Cease your tears, ye sons of sadness,Sing! rejoice! your God is nigh.

Lift the voice like music blendedWith heart-healing minstrelsy;Cry, thy warfare now is ended;Lo, thy Saviour comes to thee!Soon beyond time's night of sadness,Watchmen, ye shall joyful sing;Eye to eye shall see with gladness,When the Lord shall Zion bring.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—MINISTRY AND MISSIONS.»; hymn number «1067» (large, left), tune name «TRENT. 8s & 7s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals; the «D.» in a smaller size), «EDWIN BARNES.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); in the right margin, printed vertically and read downwards, «Copyrighted 1886» beside system 2 and «by Edwin Barnes.» beside system 3 (= «Copyrighted 1886 by Edwin Barnes.»). Stanza 1 is set between the staves, one text line per system, with «1.» before «Lift»: system 1 = verse lines 1–2, system 2 = lines 3–4, system 3 = lines 5–6; lines 7–8 are printed in italics as a second line under system 2, «D. S.—Cry a-loud, "Be-hold the dawn-ing!" Rouse, and gird to meet the foe!», and are sung there after the «D. S.» at the end of the music (back to the segno at the start of system 2, end at «Fine.»). Stanza 1 below is assembled in the order sung. «hight» (line 2) is the print's spelling. «slumbering» is printed whole under two notes (sung «slum-b'ring»). The italic reference line «132, 844, 501.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 132, 844 or 501, all 8s & 7s. D.) stands under the music; stanzas 2–3 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2», «3» without a full stop (written «2.», «3.» here), with «Anon.» in italics after stanza 3. Lines 2, 4, 6, 8 of stanzas 2–3 are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («fall ;», «fight !», «all !», «ended ;», «thee !», «sing ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly quotes and apostrophe are written straight («"Behold the dawning!"», «time's»). Spelling («Saviour», «hight»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.