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Glory! Glory! How the angels sing:
Glory! Glory! How the loud harps ring!
'Tis the ransomed army, like a mighty sea,
Pealing forth the anthem of the free.

Ring the bells of Heaven! There is joy today,
For the wanderer now is reconciled;
Yes, a soul is rescued from his sinful way,
And is born anew a ransomed child.

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When the Texas Gulf Coast Area Band was formed, we only had older band music. This march was among the music we inherited and we played it frequently. After I became bandmaster, we found that there was new music at City Coimmand.

This march is one of my all time favorites for several reasons. This is the first Salvation Army band marches I ever heard. When I was a kid in Sheridan, Wyoming, one of our corps officers gave us a Chicago Staff Band record. This march was on that record along with Rousseau and a Wilfred Heaton piece.

When I got to Vietnam, I turned on the radio and the first thing I heard was a Seventh Day Adventist choir singing "Ring the Bells of Heaven" in Vietnamese.

In the Texas Gulf Coast Area Band, our timbrel leader, Shirley, had a timbrel routine for this march and we plyed it for them at most of our early concerts.

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