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Text:Hark the Nightly Church-Bell
Author:Edward Henry Bickersteth
Tune:EVENING HYMN
Composer:Mabel E. North

27. Hark the Nightly Church-Bell

1 Hark the nightly church-bell numbers
One day more with bygone things;
Angels, o’er our peaceful slumbers,
Spread ye now protecting wings.

Chorus:
Blessed Spirit, hover o’er us,
Sleeping, waking, be Thou near;
Comrades, there is joy before us—
Rest in peace, and rise in pray’r.

2 One day less of toil and labor,
One day nearer rest and Thee,
Child and parent, friend and neighbor,
Lift your voice and bend your knee. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Hark, the nightly church-bell numbers
Title: Hark the Nightly Church-Bell
Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth
Refrain First Line: Blessed Spirit, hover o'er us
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Tune Information
Name: EVENING HYMN
Composer: Mabel E. North
Incipit: 33353 21744 33232



Media
MIDI file: MIDI
MIDI file: MIDI (Melody)

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