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[Now we hail the joyous chime]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55316 64274 64435 Used With Text: Easter Bells (Cleator)

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Now we hail the joyous chime Lyrics: 1. Now we hail the joyous chime Of Easter joy-bells ringing; Now we hail the gladsome time When happy hearts are singing; When happy hearts are singing: Refrain Bells oh ring, and glad hearts sing, Tell the wondrous story, To the world a message bring Of the King of glory. 2. Oft as mercy Easter bells Ring out their message golden; Each measured chime in music tells A story sweet and olden; A story sweet and olden. [Refrain] 3. Bells of Easter earth can know, Sweeter music never! Ring in gladness to and fro, Oh, ring on forever! Oh, ring on forever! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Now we hail the joyous chime] Text Sources: Fairer Than Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George C. Hugg, 1903), number 196

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Easter Bells (Cleator)

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1307 First Line: Now we hail the joyous chime Lyrics: 1. Now we hail the joyous chime Of Easter joy-bells ringing; Now we hail the gladsome time When happy hearts are singing; When happy hearts are singing: Refrain Bells oh ring, and glad hearts sing, Tell the wondrous story, To the world a message bring Of the King of glory. 2. Oft as mercy Easter bells Ring out their message golden; Each measured chime in music tells A story sweet and olden; A story sweet and olden. [Refrain] 3. Bells of Easter earth can know, Sweeter music never! Ring in gladness to and fro, Oh, ring on forever! Oh, ring on forever! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Now we hail the joyous chime]

Easter Bells

Author: Alice Jean Cleator Hymnal: Fairer than Day (Enlarged Edition) #196 (1903) First Line: Now we hail the joyous chime Refrain First Line: Bells, O ring, and glad hearts sing Languages: English Tune Title: [Now we hail the joyous chime]

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Now we hail the joyous chime]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Alice Jean Cleator

1871 - 1926 Author of "Easter Bells (Cleator)" in The Cyber Hymnal Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Circa 1871, Andreas, Isle of Man, England. Died: Circa April 27, 1926, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleator’s family evidently emigrated to America in the 1870’s. She was living in Claridon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geauga County, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York City, retiring some time before 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/