Hark, What a Sound

Hark

what a sound

And too di­vine for hear­ing

Stirs on the earth and trem­bles in the air!

Is it the thun­der of the Lord’s ap­pear­ing?

Is it the mu­sic of His peo­ple’s pray­er?

Surely He com­eth

And a thou­sand voic­es

Shout to the saints and to the deaf and dumb;

Surely He com­eth

and the earth re­joic­es

Glad in His com­ing who hath sworn

I come.

So ev­en I

and

With a pang more thrill­ing

So ev­en I

and with a hope more sweet

Yearn for the sign

O Christ

of Thy ful­fill­ing

Faint for the flam­ing of Thine ad­vent feet.

Yea

through life

death

Through sor­row and through sin­ning

He shall suf­fice me

for He hath suf­fic­èd;

Christ is the end

for Christ was the be­gin­ning

Christ the be­gin­ning

for the end is Christ.