Part II
Keene
Hark ! from the cross a voice of peace,
- p. 72
- Metre L. M.
- Tune Keene
- Key B-flat major
- Singing key B♭ major
- Time 4/4
- 3 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenMillennial Harp (1843), Part II, printed p. 72 (PDF 148) — the whole page, and the last hymn with
music in Part II (p. 73 is the title page of Part III). Three staves (Treble, Second Treble — **the
melody** —, and Bass); B-flat major, 4/4, three systems, 16 measures. All three stanzas are printed
between the staves (stanza 1 under the top staff, 2 under the middle one, 3 under the bass); there are
no stanzas in prose. Long metre (8.8.8.8), one note per syllable.
Hark ! from the cross a voice of peace,
Bids Sinai's awful thunder cease !
Sinner ! that voice of love obey,
From Christ, the true, the living way.
How else his presence wilt thou bear,
When he in judgment shall appear ?
When slighted love to wrath shall turn,
And all the earth like Sinai burn?
Now from the cross a voice of peace,
Bids Sinai's awful thunder cease—
O sinner, while 'tis called to-day,
That voice of saving love obey.
About this hymn
- Source
- Millennial Harp (Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1843), archive.org scan hachride00hime
- Where
- Part II · printed page 72
- Checked
- score verified · 2026-09-23