Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet

Henry Lake Gilmour, 1886 William James Kirkpatrick

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1. Watch - man, blow the Gos - pel trum - pet, Ev - ery soul a warn - ing give;
2. Sound it loud o’er ev - ery hill - top, Gloom - y shade and sun - ny plain;
3. Sound it in the hedge and high - way, Earth’s dark spots where ex - iles roam;

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4. Sound it for the heav - y la - den, Wear - y, long - ing to be free;

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Who - so - ev - er hears the mes - sage May re - pent, and turn and live.
O - cean depths re - peat the mes - sage, Full sal - va - tion’s glad re - frain.
Let it tell all things are rea - dy, Fa - ther waits to wel - come home.

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Sound a Sav - ior’s in - vi - ta - tion, Sweet - ly say - ing, “Come to Me.”

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Blow the trum - pet, trust - y watch - man, Blow it loud o’er land and sea;

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loud o’er land and sea

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God com-mis-sions, sound the mes - sage! Ev-ery cap-tive may be free.

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