Timeless Truths ‎#288

288. Oh, Come, Angel Band

1 My latest sun is sinking fast,
My race is nearly run;
My strongest trials now are past,
My triumph is begun.

Refrain:
Oh, come, angel band,
Come and around me stand;
Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings
To my eternal home;
Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings
To my eternal home.

2 I know I’m near the holy ranks
Of friends and kindred dear—
I hear the waves on Jordan’s banks,
The crossing must be near. [Refrain]

3 I’ve almost reached my heav’nly home,
My spirit loudly sings;
Thy holy ones, behold, they come!
I hear the noise of wings. [Refrain]

4 Oh, bear my longing heart to Him,
Who bled and died for me;
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin,
And gives me victory. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My latest sun is sinking fast
• Title: Oh, Come, Angel Band
• Author: Jefferson Hascall (1860)
• Refrain First Line: Oh, come, angel band
• Meter: 8.6.8.6.5.6.10.5.10.5
• Scripture:
  Luke 16:22
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Oh_Come_Angel_Band); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (124)

Tune Information

• Name: ANGEL BAND
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1862)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6.5.6.10.5.10.5
• Key: C Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Oh_Come_Angel_Band); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (124)