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Thread #57272   Message #900723
Posted By: Burke
28-Feb-03 - 07:01 PM
Thread Name: Spiritual folk for Good Friday service
Subject: RE: Spiritual folk for Good Friday service
I'm checking for more Sacred Harp & Southern Harmony tunes. Many of these are based on folk tunes.

This Southern Harmony tune has to be based on a folk tune: The Sufferings of Christ. Called "The Lovely Story" in the Sacred Harp.

Redemption, a newer Sacred Harp tune by John Hocutt is usually sung in such an upbeat way I thought of it only because of a keyword seach.

A real favorite: Gospel Trumpet.
The are words by Charles Cole, 1872.

Two verses from Sacred Harp:

Hark! How the gospel trumpet sounds!
Through all the world the echo bounds;
And Jesus by redeeming blood
Is bringing sinners home to God
And guides them safely by His word
To endless day.

Thy blood, dear Jesus, once was spilt
To save our souls from sin and guilt,
And sinners now may come to God
And find salvation through Thy blood,
And sail by faith upon that flood
To endless day.

4 verses as found on Making of America, SH's 2nd verse not found

HARK! how the gospel trumpet sounds!
Through all the earth the -echo bounds!
And Jesus, by redeeming blood,
Is bringing sinners back to God,
And guides them safely by his word
To endless day.

Hail, Jesus! all victorious Lord!
Be thou by all mankind adored!
For us didst thou the fight maintain,
And o'er our foes the vict'ry gain,
That we with thee might ever reign
In endless day.

Fight on, ye conqu'ring souls, fight on!
And when the conquest you have won,
Then palms of vict'ry you shall bear,
And in his kingdom have a share,
And crowns of glory ever wear
In endless day.

There in full chorus shall we join, [or There we shall in full chorus join]
With saints and angels all combine
To sing of his redeeming love,
When rolling years shall cease to move;
And this shall be our theme above,
In endless day.

Harmonia Sacra has a different setting of these words on p.224