Uplifted Voices ‎#42

42. Hark! Hark! My Soul

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!
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 Rest comes at length: though life be long and dreary,
The day must dawn, and darksome night be past;
Faith’s journeys end in welcome to the weary,
And Heav’n, the heart’s true home, will come at last. [Refrain]

4 Angels! sing on: your faithful watches keeping;
Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above,
Till morning’s joy shall end the night of weeping,
And life’s long shadows break in cloudless love. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Hark! hark! my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
• Title: Hark! Hark! My Soul
• Author: Frederick William Faber
• Refrain First Line: Angels of Jesus, Angels of light
• Publication Date: 1901

Tune Information

• Name: [Hark! hark! my soul! Angelic songs are swelling] (Geibel)
• Composer: Adam Geibel