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Hail Him

Representative Text

1 O how bright, cheerfully bright, our Sunday School;
Faithful friends and teachers here we meet;
How our hearts cheerily think of Bethany,
While we sing at Jesus’ feet.

Refrain:
Hail Him, hail Him,
Sound the jubliee,
Our Lord has made us free;
Hail Him, hail Him,
Now ever more our song shall be;
Hail Him, hail Him,
Sound the jubliee,
Our Lord has made us free;
Hail Him, hail Him,
Now ever more our song shall be.

2 O how bright, cheerfully bright, our Sunday School;
Heart and voice to Jesus while we raise;
Angels’ wings, joyfully bending over us
Bear to Him our youthful praise. [Refrain]

3 O how bright, cheerfully bright, our Sunday School;
Here we learn redeeming grace to sing;
May our hearts never forget our Bethany,
Till in heav’n we hail our King. [Refrain]

Source: The Glad Refrain for the Sunday School: a new collection of songs for worship #11

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Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: O how bright, cheerfully bright, our Sunday School
Title: Hail Him
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Hail Him, hail Him
Copyright: Public Domain
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