A bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said,
Matthew 17:5This is My belovèd Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.
Words: Stella M. Thompson, in New Songs of Praise, edited by Alfred E. Helton et al. (Lenoir, North Carolina: Teachers’ Music Publishing, 1913), number 9.
Music: Edgar Craig (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Thompson or Craig (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
While the Shepherd is calling, O lamb gone astray,
To the sheltering fold return;
Hear ye Him, and the wonderful summons obey,
Nor the joy of salvation spurn!
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Hear ye Him, hear ye Him,
He is calling you, wayward one;
Hear ye Him, hear ye Him,
Christ, the Father’s belovèd Son.
Hear ye Him,
is the Father’s entreaty divine,
To each pilgrim who journeys here;
O believe His sweet message, sin’s folly resign,
And accept Him with love sincere!
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He is bidding you now to the harvest so white,
There to gather the fallen grain;
Hear ye Him, and with reapers of courage unite,
And bright sheaves for His kingdom gain.
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When the tempest is raging and dark is the night,
Still the Savior is kindly near;
Hear ye Him, as He murmurs, Fear not, I’m the light,
And to safety your bark will steer.
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