Arrangement of Angel's Hymn, No. 5t in the Shenandoah Harmony (www.shenandoahharmony.com). First verse by Isaac Watts 1706, Second verse by Thomas Kelly, 1802. Original composition by Orlando Gibbons, 1623.
lyrics
The lands that long in darkness lay
Now have beheld a heav'nly light;
Nations that sat in death's cold shade
Are bless'd with beams divinely bright.
We've no abiding city here,
Sad truth were this to be our home,
But let this thought our spirits cheer:
We seek a city yet to come.
credits
from Shape Note!,
track released December 23, 2014
Driver: Sonia Chin
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