917 - Hark, Hark, My Soul (bass)

Hymn 917 - from the Liturgy for the use of The General Church of the New Jerusalem (2005).
version: bass learning track

Music by Johann N. Hummel (1778-1837)

Words by Frederick W. Faber (1854):

Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave-beat shore.
How sweet the word those blessed strains are telling
Of that new life when sin shall be no more.
Angels of mercy, angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of night.

Rest comes at length, though life be long and dreary;
The day must dawn, and darksome night be past.
Faith's journey ends in welcome to the weary,
And hea'vn, the heart's true home, will come at last.
Angels of mercy, angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of night.


bass - Graham Bier
piano - Leah Martin
recorded and mixed by Keith Genzlinger

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