Bilingual
Ring the Bells of Heaven
- Words:
- William O. Cushing / J. B. Cabrera
- Music:
- George F. Root
Sheet music
- 1Ring the bells of heaven! there is joy todayFor a soul, returning from the wild!See! the Father meets him out upon the way,Welcoming His weary, wand’ring child.Glory! glory! how the angels sing!Glory! glory! how the voices ring!’Tis the ransomed army, like a mighty sea,Pealing forth the anthem of the free.
- 2Ring the bells of heaven! there is joy today,For the wand’rer now is reconciled.Yes, a soul is rescued from his sinful way,And is born anew, a ransomed child.Glory! glory! how the angels sing!Glory! glory! how the voices ring!’Tis the ransomed army, like a mighty sea,Pealing forth the anthem of the free.
- 3Ring the bells of heaven! spread the feast today!Angels, swell the glad, triumphant strain!Tell the joyful tidings; bear it far away,For a precious soul is born again.Glory! glory! how the angels sing!Glory! glory! how the voices ring!’Tis the ransomed army, like a mighty sea,Pealing forth the anthem of the free.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 254 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.