← Keene Millennial Harp (1843) · p. 72

Keene

Hark ! from the cross a voice of peace,

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Millennial 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.

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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.

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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?

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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.