Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#23

23. Now the Joyful Bells A-Ringing

1 Now the joyful bells a-ringing,
All ye mountains of the Lord!
Lift our hearts like birds a-winging,
All ye mountains, praise the Lord!
Now our festal season bringing
Kinsmen all to bide and board,
Sets our cheery voices singing:
All ye mountains, praise the Lord!

2 Dear our home as dear none other;
Where the mountains praise the Lord!
Gladly here our care we smother;
Where the mountains praise the Lord!
Here we know that Christ our brother
Binds us all as by a cord:
He was born of Mary mother
Where the mountains praise the Lord!

3 Cold the year, new whiteness wearing,
All ye mountains, praise the Lord!
Peace, good will to us a-bearing,
All ye mountains praise the Lord!
Now we all God's goodness sharing
Break the bread and sheath the sword:
Bright our hearts the signal flaring,
All ye mountains, praise the Lord!

Text Information

• First Line: Now the joyful bells a-ringing
• Title: Now the Joyful Bells A-Ringing
• Paraphraser: K. E. Roberts (1879-1953)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  Psalm 148:9
  ;
  Matthew 2:11
  ;
  Luke 2:14
• Topic: Worship: Adoration and Praise
• Source: Welsh Carol
• Copyright: Words from Oxford Book of Carols by permission of Oxford University Press.
• Notes: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: NOS GALAN
• Arranger: Wayne Hooper, (1920-2007) (1984)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Incipit: 54321 23123 42321
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Arrangement copyright © 1984 by Wayne Hooper.