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Hymn: The sabbath bell so full and swelling (FL)

Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns

Date: 1839

Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard

Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden

First Line: The sabbath bell so full and swelling

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 692

Page Number: 411, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

THE sabbath bell, so full and swelling,

Whose rich vibrations greet the ear,

To me in solemn note, seems telling,

Of faith, of hope, of heaven near;

My heart with holy joy is bounding,

From earth my thoughts are on the wing,

Whene'er the welcome call is sounding,

That bids me join the choir and sing.



And while I hear the organ pealing

And raptured voices shouting praise,

While round the holy altar kneeling,

The tranquil eye of prayer I raise,

Sweet dews of heaven seem o'er me falling,

Subduing all my soul to love;

I seem to hear some seraph calling,

To bid me join the choir above.