Hymn

The Gospel Feast

Metre 8.6.8.6.

Let ev'ry mortal ear attend,

And ev'ry heart rejoice;

The trumpet of the Gospel sounds

With an inviting voice.

Ho! all ye starving souls

That feed upon the wind,

And vainly strive with earthly toys

To fill an empty mind.

Here wisdom has prepared

A soul-reviving feast,

And bids your longing appetites

The rich provision taste.

Ho! ye that pant for living streams,

And pine away and die,

Here you may quench your raging thirst

With springs that never dry.

Rivers of love and mercy here

In a rich ocean join;

Salvation in abundance flows,

Like floods of milk and wine.

The gates of Gospel grace

Stand open night and day:

Lord! we are come to seek supplies,

And drive our wants away.

The Gospel Feast — Text from Evangelical Lutheran hymnal, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-gospel-feast

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote The Gospel Feast?

The words of The Gospel Feast were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1908. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Praise to God for His Goodness and Truth and Angels' Song.

Is The Gospel Feast public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from Evangelical Lutheran hymnal, published in 1908. 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 metre of The Gospel Feast?

The Gospel Feast is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Angels' Song, Lamenting Spiritual Sloth and The Death and Burial of a Saint.