The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6638

6638. The Third Day

1. Soft the evening bells are ringing,
Night her sable shade is flinging,
Death with dreadful grip is clinging,
To the form within the tomb.

Refrain
Angels of light watch thro’ the night!
Waiting the glorious dawning,
Knowing full well, sin, death and hell,
Vanquished will be in the morning.

2. Roman guards their vigils keeping,
Birds on dew-gemmed bough are sleeping
Broken hearted Mary’s weeping,
While the King sleeps sweetly on. [Refrain]

3. See the armèd sentries shaking!
Lo, the sealèd tomb is breaking.
And the Lord to life is waking!
Yea, He cometh forth in might! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Soft the evening bells are ringing
• Title: The Third Day
• Author: George C. Hugg (1903)
• Refrain First Line: Angels of light watch thro' the night!
• Language: English
• Source: Fairer Than Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George C. Hugg, 1903), number 197
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Soft the evening bells are ringing]
• Composer: George Crawford Hugg (1903)
• Incipit: 55651 11132 22233
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Fairer Than Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George C. Hugg, 1903), number 197
• Copyright: Public Domain