Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Far far o'er hill and dale on the winds stealing
Topic: Present and Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s and 12s
Tune: Fading
Hymn Number: 724
Page Number: 265, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFar, far o'er hill and dale, on the winds stealing,
List to the toll-ing bell, mournful-ly peal-ing,
Hark, hark, it seems to say, as melt those sounds away,
So earth-ly joys de-cay, while new their feeling!
Now through the charmed air, on the winds stealing,
List to the mourner's prayer, solemnly bending:
Hark, hark, it seems to say, turn from those joys away
To those which ne'er decay, for life is ending.
So when our mortal ties death shall dissever,
Lord, may we reach the skies, where care comes never,
And in eternal day, joining the angel's lay,
To our Creator pay homage forever.