Sabbath Bells

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Sabbath bells are chiming, far and near

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Sabbath bells are chiming, far and near]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Sabbath bells are chiming, far and near,
Hear their mellow music, sweet and clear;
Ringing forth an invitation,
Unto ev’ry tribe and nation:
“Come and seek the great salvation,”
Ring the Sabbath bells.

Refrain:
Sabbath bells, Blessed bells,
Ever sweetly, sweetly chime,
Peal your notes of joy sublime;
Sabbath bells, Blessed bells,
Evermore the Lord extol;
O Sabbath bells, Blessed bells.

2 Sabbath bells are pealing on the air,
Sending consolation ev’rywhere;
Unto those in deepest sorrow,
Who can consolation borrow,
From the Lord, today, tomorrow,
Ring the Sabbath bells. [Refrain]

3 Sabbath bells are singing, hear their song,
Wafted on the breezes, sweet and strong;
Hear the anthem glad and cheery,
Giving rest unto the weary,
And new joys to pathways dreary,
Ring the Sabbath bells. [Refrain]

Source: Jubilate : A Modern Sunday-School Hymnal #12

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Sabbath bells are chiming, far and near
Title:	Sabbath Bells
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Sabbath bells
Publication Date:	1917
Copyright:	Public Domain