E.E.Rexford/Ira D. Sankey
SDA Church Hymnal (1985) Hymn # 472
[Verse 1]
Sometimes I hear strange music,
Like none eâer heard before,
Come floating softly earthward
As throâ Heavânâs open door:
It seems like angel voices,
In strains of joy and love,
That swell the mighty chorus
A - round the throne above.
[Refrain]
O sweet, celestial music,
Heard from a land afarâ
The song of Heavân and Homeland,
Throâ doors God leaves a - jar!
[Verse 2]
Now soft, and low, and restful,
It floods my soul with peace,
As if Godâs benediction
Bade all earthâs troubles cease.
Then, grander than the voices
Of wind, and wave, and seaâ
It fills the dome of Heaven
With glorious harmony.
[Refrain]
O sweet, celestial music,
Heard from a land afarâ
The song of Heavân and Homeland,
Throâ doors God leaves a - jar!
[Verse 3]
This music haunts me ever,
Like something heard in dreamsâ
It seems to catch the cadence
Of heavânly winds and streams.
My heart is filled with rapture,
To think, some day to come,
Iâll sing it with the angelsâ
The song of Heavân and home.
[Refrain]
O sweet, celestial music,
Heard from a land afarâ
The song of Heavân and Homeland,
Throâ doors God leaves a - jar!
