446 | Laudes Domini#447 | 448 |
Text: | "The new life" |
Author: | Frederick W. Faber |
Tune: | VOX ANGELICA |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes |
1 Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling
O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave-beat shore:
How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling
Of that new life when sin shall be no more.
Refrain:
Angels of Jesus, angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night.
2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing,
Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come;
And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing,
The music of the gospel leads us home. [Refrain]
3 Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing,
The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea;
And laden souls, by thousands meekly stealing,
King Shepherd, turn their weary steps to thee. [Refrain]
4 Angels, sing on, your faithful watches keeping,
Sing us sweet fragments of songs above;
Till morning's joy shall end the night of weeping,
And life's long shadows break in cloudless love. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling |
Title: | "The new life" |
Author: | Frederick W. Faber |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | Christian Experience; Angels; Christians: Privileges |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VOX ANGELICA |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes |
Meter: | P. M. |
Key: | F Major or modal |