Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims

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General information

'Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims' is a hymn by Isaac Watts, published as Hymn 18 in Book 1 of his Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1719. Meter is 86. 86 (C.M.).

Settings by composers

Samuel Babcock — Christian's Hope STB
Thomas Clark — Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims SATB
Abijah Forbush — Consolation SATB

Text and translations

English text

1 Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims
For all the pious dead:
Sweet is the savour of their names,
And soft their sleeping bed.

2 They die in Jesus, and are bless'd;
How kind their slumbers are!
From suff'rings and from sins releas'd,
And freed from ev'ry snare.

3 Far from this world of toil and strife,
They're present with the Lord;
The labours of their mortal life
End in a large reward.