GHS 145 : When They Ring The Golden Bells Lyrics
GHS 145, “When They Ring The Golden Bells,” is one of the most celebratory heaven hymns in the GHS collection. Written by Dion De Marbelle, the hymn paints eternity with bold, joyful strokes: a sweet forever beyond the river, a jubilee of glory, no sin or sorrow, only the Father’s caressing and the ringing of golden bells for every soul that crosses over. There is nothing mournful about the hymn’s view of death. It is a homecoming, a graduation, the command of the King that the spirit be set free.
The refrain asks whether the singer can already hear the bells and the angels singing, inviting even the imagination to begin tasting the joy ahead. This hymn appears as number 145 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 145: When They Ring The Golden Bells
- There’s a land beyond the river, That we call the sweet forever, And we only reach that shore by faith’s decree; One by one we’ll gain the portals, There to dwell with the immortals, When they ring the golden bells for you and me.
Don’t you hear the bells now ringing? Don’t you hear the angels singing? ‘Tis the glory hallelujah Jubilee; In that far-off sweet forever, Just beyond the shining river, When they ring the golden bells for you and me.
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We shall know no sin or sorrow, In that haven of tomorrow, When our barque shall sail beyond the silver sea; We shall only know the blessing Of our Father’s sweet caressing, When they ring the golden bells for you and me.
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When our days shall know their number, When in death we sweetly slumber, When the King commands the spirit to be free; Nevermore with anguish laden, We shall reach that lovely Aiden, When they ring the golden bells for you and me.
