When They Ring the Golden Bells | There's a Land Beyond The River | Church Hymn Accompaniment

When They Ring Those Golden Bells (also known as There's a Land Beyond the River or When They Ring the Golden Bells)

First Line: There's a land beyond the river, That we call the sweet forever
Title: When They Ring the Golden Bells
Meter: 8.8.11.8.8.11 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Don't you hear the bells now ringing
Publication Date: 1887
Copyright: Public Domain

When They Ring Those Golden Bells (also known as There's a Land Beyond the River or When They Ring the Golden Bells) is a prominent American gospel and bluegrass song written in 1887 by Daniel de Marbelle, a European immigrant, veteran of the American Civil War and Mexican War, and circus leader.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_They_Ring_Those_Golden_Bells

The song describes heaven as "beyond the river," a phrase found in the Bible in Ezra 4:11 and "golden bells" a reference found in Exodus 39:25. Marbelle was purportedly cheated out of the copyright to the song and died penniless. The copyright was acquired by the John Church Company, and the song was first known to be recorded in 1915 by the Imperial Quartet.[2] The song has been covered by many notable artists including Dolly Parton, Natalie Merchant, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Alfred Karnes at the 1927 Bristol sessions.

LYRICS:
1 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.
Chorus:
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.
2 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. [Chorus]
3 When our days shall know their number,
And 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. [Chorus]

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