The Angels' Song

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There was darkness above

Author: Love H. Jameson
Tune: [There was darkness above]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 There was darkness above, there was darkness beneath,
’Twas the darkness of night, snd the shadow of death;
When the day-star of life tose amid the deep gloom,
And illumined the darkness of death and the tomb.

2 As the shepherds stood watch by their flocks in the night;
While they slept on the sward, 'neath the stars’ gentle light,
From the portals of bliss, came an angelic train,
Warbling music divine over Bethlehem’s plain.

3 To Jehovah they sang, "Highest glory be giv’n
Among mortals, good will; peace on earth, joy in Heav’n";
Echo sent back the strain from each mountain and hill,
"To Jehovah be glory, to mortals good will."

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13106

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Author: Love H. Jameson

Born: April 17, 1811, Jefferson County, Indiana. Died: April 12, 1892, Indianapolis, Indiana. Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. Love Humphreys Jameson was born in Jefferson County in what was then the Territory of Indiana on May 17, 1811, the son of Thomas Jameson. Thomas had moved from Virginia to Kentucky around 1800 and later to the Indiana Territory in 1810 or early 1811. Thomas’s parents were members of the Calvinistic Kirk of Scotland and his wife’s parents held the views of the Church of England, but the family became Christians in 1816 with Love’s father and mother being baptized by John McClung, a young associate of Barton Warren Stone. Love, whose education was attended with all the difficulties ass… Go to person page >

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