Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#475

475. Hark, Hark, My Soul!

To view this media, please accept the license agreement:

Hope Publishing: one copy

In order to use resources from the Hope Publishing Company, you must reside in the United States or Canada. Hope Publishing Company owns or administers the contents in these territories.
You may download one copy of this selection for your own personal use. To make any further copies or to perform the work you must get permission from Hope Publishing Company or belong to and report the copying activity to CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicense.net. By selecting "I Agree" you are verifying that you reside in the U.S. or Canada and will only legally use this selection.

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 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)

3 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)

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!
• Title: Hark, Hark, My Soul!
• Author: Frederick W. Faber, 1814-1863
• Refrain First Line: Angels of Jesus, angels of light
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: Funeral Hymns; Immortality; The Eternal Life

Tune Information

• Name: PILGRIMS
• Composer: Henry Smart, 1813-1879
• Composer (descant): William Lester, b. 1889
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Descant arr. © 1935 Hope Publishing Co.