Lyr Req: Harbour Bells / The Harbor Bell

Subject: Lyr Req: Harbour Bells
From: jgail47
Date: 24 Apr 03 - 06:00 PM

Can anyone supply me with the lyrics to "Harbour Bells"? Jean Redpath sang it on her "Angels Hovering "Round" album some years back.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harbour Bells
From: masato sakurai
Date: 24 Apr 03 - 06:54 PM

If Sankey's "Harbor Bell" is the song, I'll post it later. The last two lines of the chorus are: "This way, this way, lo, here is rest, / Rings out the Harbor bells of heaven."

~Masato

Subject: Harbor Bells of Heaven
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Apr 03 - 07:57 PM

Hi, Masato - I saw the Redpath recording listed as "Harbor Bells of Heaven," so I think you must have the right one.
I wish they'd release that Redpath/Neustadt gospel album on CD.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: Lyr Add: THE HARBOR BELL
From: masato sakurai
Date: 25 Apr 03 - 09:46 AM

From Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 To 6 Complete, by Ira D. Sankey. James McGranahan & Geo. C. Stebbins (1895, no. 347) [Also Gospel Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined (1892, no. 374)]

         THE HARBOR BELL
John H. Yates   Ira D. Sankey

1. Our life is like a stormy sea
    Swept by the gales of sin and grief,
    While on the windward and the lee
    Hang heavy clouds of unbelief;
    But o'er the deep a call we hear,
    Like harbor bell's inviting voice;
    It tells the lost that hope is near,
    And bids the trembling soul rejoice.

CHORUS.
    This way, this way, O heart oppress'd,
    So long by storm and tempest driv'n;
    This way, this way, lo, here is rest,
    Rings out the Harbor bells of heaven.

2. O let us now the call obey,
    And steer our bark for yonder shore,
    Where still that voice directs the way,
    In pleading tones for ever more;
    A thousand life wrecks stew the sea;
    They're going down at ev'ry swell;
    "Come unto me," "Come unto me,"
    Rings out th' assuring Harbor bell.

3. O tempted one, look up, be strong;
    The promise of the Lord is sure,
    That they shall sing the victor's song,
    Who faithful to the end endure;
    God's Holy Spirit comes to thee,
    Of His abiding love to tell;
    To blissful port, o'er stormy sea,
    Calls heav'ns inviting Harbor bell.

4. Come, gracious Lord, and in thy love
    Conduct us o'er life's stormy wave;
    O guide us to the home above,
    The blissful home beyond the grave;
    There safe from rock, and storm, and flood,
    Our song of praise shall never cease,
    To Him who bought us with His blood,
    And brought us to the port of peace.

("Written [by Yates] 1891 and mailed to I.D. Sankey."-- Samuel J. Rogal, Sing Glory and Hallelujah!: Histotical and Biographical Guide to Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 Complete, Greenwood, 1996, p. 149)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harbour Bells / The Harbor Bell
From: jgail47
Date: 28 Apr 03 - 02:04 PM

Thanks, everybody!

Subject: Tune Add: THE HARBOR BELL
From: masato sakurai
Date: 23 May 03 - 10:52 AM

X:1
T: THE HARBOR BELL
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:F
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