Soon Shall The Trumpet Spread

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Soon shall the trumpet spread

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: AYLESBURY (Chetham)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Soon shall the trumpet spread
Its animating sound—
Awake, arise, ye numerous dead,
Ye nations underground.

2 The solemn call’s obeyed,
In wondrous crowds they come,
Reluctantly, and all dismayed,
To hear their final doom.

3 Be that important day
Impressed upon my mind,
Let me with constant fervor pray,
That I may mercy find.

4 Oh let my heart rejoice,
To find the Judge my friend;
His love shall then attune my voice,
When time and nature end.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16112

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Soon shall the trumpet spread
Title:	Soon Shall The Trumpet Spread
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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AYLESBURY (Chetham)

Also called: WIRKSWORTH WIRKSWORTH was first published in John Chetham's collection A Book of Psalmody (1718) and gained its present shape in James Green's Book of Psalm Tunes (1724). Set in minor tonality, WIRKSWORTH has a folk-like charm. The tune's name derives from the town Wirksworth in Derbysh…

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