Book of Praise for the Sunday School #22
Display Title: Joy-bells! joy-bells! First Line: Joy-bells ringing, Children singing Author: Josepine Pollard Date: 1875
Book of Praise for the Sunday School #22
1 Joy-bells ringing, children singing,
Fill the air with music sweet;
Joyful measure, guileless pleasure,
Make the chain of song complete.
2 Joy-bells ringing, children singing,
Hark their voices loud and clear,
Breaking o'er us like a chorus
From a purer, happier sphere.
3 Earth seems brighter, hearts grow lighter,
As the gladsome melody
Charms our sadness into gladness,
Pealing, pealing joyfully.
Source: Youth Melodies and Action Songs #39
Josephine Pollard USA 1834-1892. Born at NYC, NY, one of seven children and daughter of an architect, she attended an exclusive girls school, Spingler Institute, and was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church. She was a founding member of the professional women’s club, Sorosis. She never married. She became an author, poet, and hymnist, writing many children’s books and for children’s magazines, including Harper’s, Scribner’s, and the New York Ledger. She wrote 44 books, mostly religious, for children, but also about history, birds, sports and games, and adventure stories. She also wrote 100+ hymn lyrics as well. She worked as an editor for the Sunday School Times and for the Methodist Book Concern, where she edited… Go to person page >| First Line: | Joybells ringing, children singing |
| Title: | Joy Bells |
| Author: | Josephine Pollard |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7 with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | Joybells! Joybells! never, never cease |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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