Easter Bells

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Easter bells, Easter bells, Pealing forth the message

Author: C. Austin Miles
Tune: [Easter bells, Easter bells]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Easter bells, Easter bells,
Pealing forth the message of a risen King;
Easter bells, joyous bells,
With your music all the world shall ring.

Chorus:
To and fro they swing in merry chime,
Easter bells, joyous bells,
Tell the story of the Easter time,
O what gladness your music tells.

2 Easter bells, Easter bells,
Now the world is free from terror of the tomb;
Easter bells, joyous bells,
Jesus, risen, drives away its gloom. [Chorus]

3 Easter bells, Easter bells,
Tell the story of a life with Christ on high;
Easter bells, joyous bells,
Tell that Jesus lives, no more to die. [Chorus]

4 Easter bells, Easter bells,
Ring a promise of a life beyond the tomb;
Easter bells, joyous bells,
Jesus, risen, has dispelled all gloom. [Chorus]

Source: The Voice of Praise: a compilation of the very best sacred songs for use in Sunday Schools and praise services #217

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Author: C. Austin Miles

Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Easter bells, Easter bells, Pealing forth the message
Title:	Easter Bells
Author:	C. Austin Miles
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	To and fro they swing in merry chime
Copyright:	Public Domain