How Sweetly Flowed the Gospel’s Sound WARD—Old Scotch melody (arr. Lowell Mason) BROOKFIELD—Thomas B. Southgate CRAWFORD—Franz Joseph Haydn ILLSLEY—John Bishop How Sweetly Flowed the Gospel’s Sound 1 How sweetly flowed the gospel’s sound From lips of gentleness and grace, When list’ning thousands gather’d round, And joy and rev’rence filled the place. 2 From heav’n He came, of heav’n He spoke; To heav’n He led His followers’ way; Dark clouds of gloomy night He broke, Unveiling an immortal