Bible Songs — Miscellaneous

The angel of the Lord encampeth

No. 1219
Tune PILLAR OF FIRE.
Words F. E. B.
Music F. E. Belden.
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

The angel of the Lord encampethRound about us, round about us;Round about the souls that fear him,Night and day.

Chorus.

O pillar of fire, pillar of cloud,O fiery, cloudy pillar, fiery, cloudy pillar,Lead me, lead me ev'ry day!O pillar of fire, pillar of cloud,O fiery, cloudy pillar, fiery, cloudy pillar,Lead me on my heav'nly way!

When danger hovers o'er our pathway,He will hide us, he will hide us,Safe within the mighty shadowOf his wing.

We'll trust thee as we onward journey,God of Israel, God of Israel,Till we reach the land of promiseJust before.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1219» (large, left), title «PILLAR OF FIRE.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials); under it the epigraph in one line, «"The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them."—Ps. 34 : 7.»; «F. E. B.» at the left and «F. E. BELDEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); no meter, no reference line and no running head are printed. The three stanzas are interlinear, «1.»–«3.» before the lines of system 1; the chorus, headed «CHORUS.», is printed once (end of system 2 to the end) and is sung after every stanza. Under the chorus words a second, lower row carries the words of the tenor and bass, «O fie - ry, cloud-y pil - lar, fie - ry, cloud-y pil - lar,» (twice), sung while the soprano and alto sing «O pillar of fire, pillar of cloud,»; it is given below in its place, indented. «Copyrighted 1886 by F. E. Belden.» is printed under the music, above the page number «437». The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» and in «34 : 7» («us ;», «day !», «way !»); it is closed up here. Apostrophes are written straight («o'er», «We'll», «ev'ry», «heav'nly»). Words divided under the notes are joined («an - gel», «en-camp - eth», «a-bout», «dan - ger», «hov - ers», «path - way», «on - ward», «Is- rael», «with - in», «might - y», «shad - ow», «prom-ise», «be - fore», «pil - lar», «fie - ry», «cloud-y», «ev - 'ry» → «angel», «encampeth», «about», «danger», «hovers», «pathway», «onward», «Israel», «within», «mighty», «shadow», «promise», «before», «pillar», «fiery», «cloudy», «ev'ry»); each stanza is set in its four verse lines (the print runs two verse lines on one staff line). Stanza 1, verse 2: «Round about» is printed with «about» solid (and «a-bout» hyphened in the repetition). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.