I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 2:1
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Life and Service Hymns, compiled by R. E. Magill (Richmond, Virginia: Onward Press, Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1917), number 69.
Music: Fortaleza Bentley D. Ackley, 1917 (🔊 pdf nwc).
There are voices, angel voices,
And they came at God’s behest,
From the vernal hills eternal,
In the paradise of rest.
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Angel voices, holy voices,
How they carol soft and low,
Of a garden, fair and lovely,
Where the rose and lily grow.
There are voices, angel voices,
And a message oft they bring,
From the parted ones that wait us
In the palace of the King.
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There are voices, angel voices,
We have heard them in a dream,
Like the echo of a harp string,
Or the murmur of a stream.
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There are voices, angel voices,
That will call us by and by,
And united we shall gather
In our Father’s house on high.
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