Scripture Verse

Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts. 1 Chronicles 16:9

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Joy and Glad­ness, ed­it­ed by Will­iam Mc­Don­ald, Jo­shua Gill, John Swe­ney & William J. Kirk­pat­rick (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Mc­Don­ald & Gill, 1885), num­ber 230. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Car­rie M. Wil­son, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John R. Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims,
Nor think the moments long;
My faith is heav’nward rising
With every tuneful song;
Lo! on the mount of blessing,
The glo­ri­ous mount, I stand;
And looking over Jordan,
I see the promised land.

Refrain

Sing on, O blissful music!
With every note you raise,
My heart is filled with rapture,
My soul is lost in praise;
Sing on, O blissful music!
With every note you raise,
My heart is filled with rapture,
My soul is lost in praise.

Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims,
While here on earth we stay;
Let songs of home and Je­sus
Beguile each fleeting day;
Sing on the grand old story
Of His redeeming love,
The ev­er­last­ing chorus
That fills the realms above.

Refrain

Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims,
The time will not be long,
Till in our Fa­ther’s kingdom
We swell a nobler song;
Where angels there are waiting
To greet us on the shore,
We’ll meet beyond the river,
Where surges roll no more.

Refrain