Hark! the gospel news is sounding

Hark! the gospel news is sounding. Hugh Bourne* (1772-1852) and William Sanders (1799-1882?). This hymn was first published in the Large Hymn Book for the Use of the Primitive Methodists (Bemersley, 1824). It had four stanzas. It was designated as by ‘W.S. & H.B.’ Perhaps on the basis that Sanders’s initials came first, John Flesher attributed it to him in the Primitive Methodist Hymn Book (1854), and this was followed by the Primitive Methodist Hymnal (1887, 1889): Hark! the gospel news is sounding:  Christ hath suffered on the tree;Streams of mercy are abounding;  Grace for all is rich and free.      Now, poor sinner, Look to Him who died for thee. O escape to yonder mountain!  Now...