Hark the Glad Sound

Text by Philip Doddridge

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About this hymn

Date: 1735
Tune: Chesterfield
Composer: Thomas Haweis
Key: G
Meter: 8 6 8 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Art and Music, Atonement, Christmas/Advent, Fire, God, As King, God, Care of.

Lk 4:18-19 · Is 61:1-2 · Rev 5:11-12 · Ps 107:13-14 · Acts 16:25-34 · Lv 25:9-10 · Mk 2:18-22

Musical background

Chesterfield is presented in the source key of G, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Philip Doddridge, 1735. Music: 'Chesterfield' or 'Richmond (Haweis)' or 'Spa Fields Chapel' Thomas Haweis, 1792. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1896. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.