Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands (Thomas Clark)
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- CPDL #24224:
Sibelius 6
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2011-08-22). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 35 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The source gives the parts in the order 2d - 1st - [Instrumental Bass] in the symphonies, and Tenor - [Alto] - Treble - [Vocal Bass] - [Instrumental Bass] in the sung section. The first verse only of the text is underlaid in the source, with the subsequent verses given here printed after the music: these have been underlaid editorially.
General Information
Title: Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands
Composer: Thomas Clark
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1814
Description: A setting of Isaac Watts' metrical paraphrase of Psalm 96, by Thomas Clark, from pages 10-11 of his collection A Sixth Set of Psalm Tunes (London, [c1814]). Hymn Tune Index tune number 15632.
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Original text and translations
English text
Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue;
His new-discover'd grace demands
A new and nobler song.
Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
God's own almighty Son:
His pow'r the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne.
Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.
Let an unusual joy surprise
The islands of the sea:
Ye mountains, sink, ye valleys, rise,
Prepare the Lord his way.
Behold he comes, he comes to bless
The nations, as their God;
To shew the world his righteousness,
And send his truth abroad.