It Never Shall Pass Away

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O the song that echoed from starry spheres

Author: Alice Jean Cleator
Tune: [O the song that echoed from starry spheres]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 O the song that echoed from starry spheres,
And hushed the wondering shepherds’ fears,
Is still the same thro’ the changing years,—
It never shall pass away!

Refrain:
It never shall pass away
While shineth the sun’s bright ray;
Earth pauses each year that story to hear,—
It never shall pass away!

2 Tho’ the ages pass with a solemn tread,
Tho’ pomp and pride of the past is dead,
Still lives the song of that night long fled,—
It never shall pass away! [Refrain]

3 Unto ev’ry nation, in ev’ry clime,
That song shall ring in glad hymn and chime;
Its joy shall live thro’ the realms of time,—
It never shall pass away! [Refrain]

Source: Sunday School Voices: a collection of sacred songs #217

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Author: Alice Jean Cleator

Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Circa 1871, Andreas, Isle of Man, England. Died: Circa April 27, 1926, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleator’s family evidently emigrated to America in the 1870’s. She was living in Claridon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geauga County, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York City, retiring some time before 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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First Line:	O the song that echoed from starry spheres
Title:	It Never Shall Pass Away
Author:	Alice Jean Cleator
Refrain First Line:	It never shall pass away
Copyright:	Public Domain