Joy in Heaven

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There is joy, there is joy, there is joy in heaven

Author: Priscilla J. Owens
Tune: [A ransomed soul returns]
Published in 5 hymnals

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There is joy, there is joy,
There is joy in heaven:

1 A ransomed soul returns,
The path of sin forsaking,
And while his sad heart mourns,
The harps of God are waking.

Chorus:
All the golden bells are ringing,
All the angel choirs are singing,
All the loving angels say,
"There is joy in heav'n to-day,
There is joy, there is joy, joy, joy to-day."

2 A weeping sinner kneels,
The chains of death are broken,
And soon his glad heart feels
The Saviour's welcome spoken. [Chorus]

3 No news of pain or care,
The jasper sea o'er-reaching,
But sweet is echoed there
The contrite heart's beseeching. [Chorus]

4 O then to God return,--
Come back and be forgiven,
And soon thy heart shall learn
To know the joy of heaven. [Chorus]

Source: Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #137

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Author: Priscilla J. 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:	There is joy, there is joy, there is joy in heaven
Title:	Joy in Heaven
Author:	Priscilla J. Owens
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	All the golden bells are ringing
Copyright:	Public Domain