The Hymnbook ‎#426

426. 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!

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,
Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee. [Refrain]

4 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 heaven, the heart's true home, will come at last. [Refrain]

5 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]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling
• Title: Hark! Hark, My Soul!
• Author: Frederick W. Faber (1854; alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Angels of Jesus, angels of light
• Meter: 11. 10. 11. 10. with Refrain
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Psalm 30:5
  ;
  Romans 8:18
  ;
  Romans 13:12
• Topic: Funeral Services; Life Everlasting, The; Life in Christ: Life Everlasting, The

Tune Information

• Name: PILGRIMS (Smart)
• Composer: Henry Smart (1868)
• Meter: 11. 10. 11. 10. with Refrain
• Key: E Major