The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16200

16200. Sweet Heavenly Bells

1 List to the strains now steal­ing,
Borne from the far off home;
Heavenly chimes are peal­ing,
Bidding the wan­d’rer come.

Refrain:
Sweet bells, sweet bells,
Sweet hea­ven­ly bells of love;
Sweet bells, sweet bells!
Are call­ing from Heav’n above.

2 Calling to souls now stray­ing
Far from the Shep­herd’s fold;
Heavenly mu­sic play­ing,
Calling them from the cold. [Refrain]

3 Sweet me­lo­dies are plead­ing,
"Enter the op­en door";
Loved ones are in­ter­ced­ing,
Over on yon­der shore. [Refrain]

4 Come to the feast that’s of­fered;
Hunger His love dis­pels;
Take of the grace that’s prof­fered,
List to the heav’n­ly bells. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: List to the strains now steal­ing
• Title: Sweet Heavenly Bells
• Author: Ray G. Upson (1914)
• Refrain First Line: Sweet bells, sweet bells
• Language: English
• Source: Make Christ King, Combined by Edwin O. Excell (Chicago: Glad Tidings Company, 1916)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [List to the strains now steal­ing]
• Composer: Ray G. Upson
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain