Hymn
The Glad Tidings of Salvation
- Writer
- Isaac Watts
Salvation! oh, the joyful sound!
What pleasure to our ears!
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.
Sinners, the hiding-place is nigh;
The Saviour calls—away!
He is the only refuge, fly!
There’s danger in delay.
Salvation! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around,
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound;
Salvation! oh, thou bleeding Lamb,
To thee the praise belongs!
Salvation shall inspire our hearts,
And dwell upon our tongues.
The Glad Tidings of Salvation — Text from Gospel Jewels, 1890. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-glad-tidings-of-salvation
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Glad Tidings of Salvation?
The words of The Glad Tidings of Salvation were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1890. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including The Blessings of Friendship and Communion with Christ and with Saints.
Is The Glad Tidings of Salvation public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Gospel Jewels, published in 1890. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of The Glad Tidings of Salvation?
The Glad Tidings of Salvation is in Common Meter (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Calm On the Listening Ear of Night, Lovest Thou Me? Feed My Lambs and The Incarnation.