Salvation, O the Joyful Sound (Primrose) 47t

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Composer: Amzi Chapin, 1812
Alto: Wilson Marion Cooper, 1902
Poet: Isaac Watts, 1707
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)

	Stanza	Poetry Source by First Line
1	Salvation! O, the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears.	Salvation! O, the joyful Sound;, Stanza 1
2	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! O, the joyful Sound;, Stanza 2
3	Salvation! Let the echo fly The spacious earth around, While all the armies of the sky, Conspire to raise the sound.	Salvation! O, the joyful Sound;, Stanza 3