Hark! What Mean Those Lamentations?

Hark! what mean those la­men­ta­tions

Rolling sad­ly through the sky?

’Tis the cry of hea­then na­tions

Come and help

or we die!

Lost and help­less and de­spond­ing

Wrapped in er­ror’s night they lie;

To their cries your hearts re­spond­ing

Haste to help them ere they die.

Hark! again those la­men­ta­tions

Rolling sad­ly through the sky

Louder cry the hea­then na­tions—

Come and help us

or we die.

Hear the hea­then’s sad com­plain­ing

Christians

hear their dy­ing cry;

And the love of Christ con­strain­ing

Join to help them

ere they die.