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Salvation, O the Joyful Sound (Primrose) 47t
Tune: Amzi Chapin, 1812
Alto: Wilson Marion Cooper, 1902
Lyrics: Isaac Watts, 1707
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Salvation! O, the joyful sound!
’Tis pleasure to our ears;
A sov’reign balm for ev’ry wound,
A cordial for our fears.
Buried in sorrow and in sin;
At hell’s dark door we lay,
But we arise by grace divine,
To see a heav’nly day.
Salvation! Let the echo fly
The spacious earth around,
While all the armies of the sky,
Conspire to raise the sound.