Angel Band by Oasis Chorale

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Angel Band arr. Shawn Kirchner. Performed at Parkview Mennonite Church, July  2016

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The latest sun is sinking fast,
My race is almost run;
My strongest trials now are past,
My triumph is begun.

Refrain:
Oh, come, angel band,
Come and around me stand;
Oh, bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home;
Oh, bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home.



I know I’m near the holy ranks
Of friends and kindred dear—
I brushed the dew on Jordan’s banks,
The crossing must be near.

I’ve almost gained my heav’nly home,
My spirit loudly sings;
Thy holy ones, behold, they come!
I hear the noise of wings.

The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

Angel Band by Oasis Chorale

Words by Jefferson HascallMusic by William B. BradburyWritten 1860–1862Tune ANGEL BAND

My latest sun is sinking fast,
My race is nearly run;
My strongest trials now are past,
My triumph is begun.

O come, angel band,
Come and around me stand;
O bear me away on your snow-white wings,
To my immortal home;
O bear me away on your snow-white wings,
To my immortal home.

I know I’m near the holy ranks
Of friends and kindred dear;
I brush the dew on Jordan’s banks,
The crossing must be near.

I’ve almost gained my heav’nly home,
My spirit loudly sings;
The holy ones, behold, they come!
I hear the noise of wings.

O bear my longing heart to Him
Who bled and died for me;
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin,
And gives me victory.

Story Behind the Song

“Angel Band,” also known by its first line “My latest sun is sinking fast,” is a nineteenth-century American gospel hymn with words by Methodist minister Jefferson Hascall. William B. Bradbury supplied the widely used tune, published in the early 1860s in the Sunday-school and gospel-song tradition. The hymn uses the imagery of Jordan as death’s crossing and angels bearing the believer home, and it later became especially beloved in shape-note, gospel, and bluegrass repertories.

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The Golden Chain, The Revivalist, The Sacred Harp, Heavenly Highway Hymns