Home › Hymns › Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 368
Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A 19th-century evangelical call-to-arms urging gospel heralds to trumpet the message of salvation to all peoples, drawing on the biblical watchman metaphor from Ezekiel.
Verse 1
Watchman, blow the gospel trumpet,
Every soul a warning give;
Whosoever hears the message
May repent, and, turn and live.
Refrain
Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman,
Blow it loud o'er land and sea;
God commissions, sound the message!
Every captive may be free.
Verse 2
Sound it loud o'r every hilltop,
Gloomy shade and sunny plain;
Ocean depths repeat the message,
Full salvation's glad refrain.
Refrain
Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman,
Blow it loud o'er land and sea;
God commissions, sound the message!
Every captive may be free.
Verse 3
Sound it in the hedge and highway,
Earth's dark spots where exiles roam;
Let it tell all things are ready,
Father waits to welcome home.
Refrain
Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman,
Blow it loud o'er land and sea;
God commissions, sound the message!
Every captive may be free.
Verse 4
Sound it for the heavy laden,
Weary, longing to be free;
Sound a Savior's invitation,
Sweetly saying, "Come to me."
Refrain
Blow the trumpet, trusty watchman,
Blow it loud o'er land and sea;
God commissions, sound the message!
Every captive may be free.
Appears in these collections
Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet is in the public domain. Make a free PowerPoint, PDF, or image set for church projection with Song Slides — no signup.