Scripture Verse

The sound of many waters. Revelation 1:15

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Win­nowed Hymns, ed­it­ed by Charles C. Mc­Cabe & Da­ni­el T. Mac­far­lan (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main and Nel­son & Phi­lips, 1873), num­ber 94. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Grace Fran­ces, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Web­ster Groves Hu­bert P. Main (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Hubert P. Main (1839–1925)

Lyrics

Like the sound of ma­ny wa­ters
Rolling on through ag­es long;
In a tide of rap­ture break­ing—
Hark! the migh­ty cho­ral song!

Refrain

Hallelujah! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Let the heav’n­ly por­tals ring!
Christ is born, the Prince of glo­ry!
Christ the Lord, our migh­ty king!

Lo! the Morn­ing Star ap­pear­eth,
O’er the world His beams are cast;
He the Al­pha and Ome­ga,
He, the Great, the First, the Last!

Refrain

Clap your hands with ex­ul­ta­tion!
Sing aloud, re­joice with mirth,
Peace her sil­ver wing hath fold­ed:
Lo! she comes to dwell on earth!

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Savior, not with cost­ly trea­sure
Do we ga­ther at Thy throne,
All we have, our hearts we give Thee,
Consecrate them Thine alone.

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