ST.ANDREW'S

The Church Bell rings the hours of prayer,

Explicitly, its chimes we hear;

To call all worshippers to pray,

At the appointed hour of each Lord's day.

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Its tones are scattered far and wide,

Proclaimed as by a roaming cry,

And onward goes its sound again,

Perpetually its cry remains:

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The Bell can guide a soul from sin,

When motioned by its inward ring,

And thus responsing to the Bell,

The vilest sinner can do well.

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The Bell is wonderful indeed,

Can speak, while it intercedes,

Directing what we ought to do,

The Church's service to pursue.

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Lo, when the bride steps in the Church,

The Bell rings out a happy note,

And when on the child God's blessing lay,

The tolling bell comes into play.

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And when the funeral Bell extends,

A final note to some good friend,

St. Andrew's Bell though single be,

Brings to that soul, hopes of Eternity.

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by: G.G.N.F. Morris - 29/05/76