Hymn/Song Information

Hark hark my soul Angelic songs

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 bless�d strains are telling
Of that new life
when sin shall be no more.

Darker than night life�s
shadows fall around us,
And like benighted men
we miss our mark:
God hides Himself,
and grace hath scarcely found us,
E�er death finds out
his victims in the dark.

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.

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.

Rest comes at length:
though life be long and dreary,
The day must dawn,
and darksome night be past;
Faith�s journeys end
in welcome to the weary,
And Heaven,
the heart�s true home,
will come at last.

Cheer up, my soul!
faith�s moonbeams softly glisten
Upon the breast
of life�s most troubled sea,
And it will cheer
thy drooping heart to listen
To those brave songs
which angels mean for thee.

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.