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Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Sweetly to the Sabbath bell steals on the air Lyrics: 1 Sweetly the Sabbath bell steals on the air; That in the house of God Bids us appear. "Children of God," it seems Softly to say, "Haste to your Father's house, hasten to pray." 2 Oft as the Sabbath chimes summon to pray, May we their holy call Gladly obey, That, when the last sad knell For us shall sound, Ready our Judge to meet we may be found. Used With Tune: SABBATH BELL

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SABBATH BELL

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 35311 12123 35311 Used With Text: Sabbath bell

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Sabbath bell

Hymnal: Linden Harp #107a (1855) First Line: Sweetly to the Sabbath bell steals on the air Lyrics: 1 Sweetly the Sabbath bell steals on the air; That in the house of God Bids us appear. "Children of God," it seems Softly to say, "Haste to your Father's house, hasten to pray." 2 Oft as the Sabbath chimes summon to pray, May we their holy call Gladly obey, That, when the last sad knell For us shall sound, Ready our Judge to meet we may be found. Languages: English Tune Title: SABBATH BELL

Sweetly the Sabbath bell steals on the air

Author: John E. Bode Hymnal: Maynard's Sabbath School Echo. 6th ed. of Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns, with an Appendix #d205 (1861) Languages: English

Sweetly the Sabbath bell steals on the air

Author: John E. Bode Hymnal: Young Singer's Friend #6 (1859)

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John Ernest Bode

1816 - 1874 Person Name: John E. Bode Author of "Sweetly the Sabbath bell steals on the air" John E. Bode (b. St. Pancras, England, 1816; d. Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, 1874) A fine student at Christ Church, Oxford, England, and a prominent scholar who gave the famous Bampton Lectures ("for the exposition and defense of the Christian faith") at Oxford in 1855, was a rector in Westwell, Oxfordshire, and in Castle Camps. This gifted poet and hymn writer published Hymns for the Gospel of the Day, for Each Sunday and Festivals of Our Lord in 1860. Bert Polman ============== Bode, John Ernest, M.A., son of Mr. William Bode, late of the General Post Office, b. 1816, and educated at Eton, the Charter House, and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1837, and M.A. in due course. Taking Holy Orders in 1841, he became Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, 1847; and then of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, 1860. He was also for a time Tutor of his College, and Classical Examiner. His Bampton Lectures were delivered in 1855. He d. at Castle Camps, Oct. 6, 1874. In addition to his Bampton Lectures, and Ballads from Herodotus, he published Hymns from the Gospel of the Day for each Sunday and Festivals of our Lord, 1860; and Short Occasional Poems, Lond., Longmans, 1858. In addition to his well-known hymn, “O Jesu, I have promised " (q. v.), the following from his Hys. from the Gospel are also in common use:— 1. God of heaven, enthroned in might. H. Trinity. 2. Spirit of Truth, indwelling Light. Whitsuntide. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Bode, John E. , p. 151, ii. Additional pieces from his Hys.from the Gospel of the Day, &c, 1800, are in common use :— (1) "Sweetly the Sabbath bell" (Sunday); (2) "Thou Who hast called us by Thy word" (20th S. after Trinity). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)