To the Rescue

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Death bells tolling, tolling, tolling

Author: Priscilla Jane Owens
Tune: [Death-bells tolling, tolling, tolling]
Published in 11 hymnals

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1 Death-bells tolling, tolling, tolling,
Wrecks adrift and breakers rolling;
Where the floods of intemp'rance rave,
Light the beacon, and speed to save.

Chorus:
Sign, our pledge, now sign,
And strength divine shall yet be thine;
Sign our pledge, now sign,
Touch not, taste not the wine.

2 Voices cheering, life-boats steering,
See, the helping hands are nearing,
While the pledge, our glad signal, flies,
Hopeful message to weary eyes. [Chorus]

3 Joy-bells ringing, ringing, ringing,
friends a hearty welcome bringing;
Heav'n bends down our joy a-near,
Greets the rescued with words of cheer. [Chorus]

Source: The New Praiseworthy: for the Church and Sunday School #356

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Author: Priscilla Jane Owens

Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Death bells tolling, tolling, tolling
Title:	To the Rescue
Author:	Priscilla Jane Owens
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Sign our pledge, now sign
Copyright:	Public Domain