Scripture Verse

Lift up thy voice like a trumpet. Isaiah 58:1

Introduction

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Barney E. Warren (1867–1951)

Words: Bar­ney E. War­ren, Sal­va­tion Ech­oes (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1900), num­ber 39.

Music: Leu­ven Clar­ence E. Hunt­er (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Hunt­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Blow the Gos­pel trum­pet, bro­ther,
Over land and sea;
Sound the news to all cre­ation:
Christ will set you free;
Free and hap­py ev­ery moment,
Tho’ by Sa­tan bound;
He is able, do not doubt Him,
Let His grace abound.

Sing, and pray, and preach for Je­sus
Everywhere you go;
Wake the slum­ber­ing sin­ful na­tions
On the brink of woe;
Tell them of that cleans­ing fount­ain
Flowing deep and wide
From Mount Cal­va­ry’s sac­red sum­mit,
From His pierc­èd side.

In the Spi­rit’s ho­ly unc­tion
Preach the word of God,
Till its melt­ing pow­er brings the
Lost to Je­sus’ blood;
Compass ev­ery hea­then na­tion
Filled with sin­ful dearth;
Scatter light and truth from Hea­ven
Over all the earth.

Send the Gos­pel pro­cla­ma­tion
All around the globe,
Freedom, free­dom for the cap­tive
In his sin­ful robe;
Search in ev­ery hid­den cor­ner
For the hon­est ones;
Use the time, and work for Je­sus
Till the judg­ment comes.