Ring the Joybells

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Ring the joy bells, Christ has risen; Death no more can bind Him here

Author: Mrs. E. W. Chapman
Tune: [Ring the joy bells, Christ has risen] (Tenney)
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Mrs. E. W. Chapman

Anzentia Igene (Angie) Perry Chapman, 1849-1889. Born near Lansing, MI, Angie was the wife of Free Methodist minister, Edwin W. Chapman. They had three children. She helped on his evangelism tours and rural preaching circuits. They worked in Sparta, MI, and helped found the first Free Methodist church in Grand Rapids, MI. She also wrote hymn lyrics. In 1888 they followed an evangelistic tour of Kansas, and them moved to Isabella County, MI. She died in Mt. Pleasant, MI. John Perry Go to person page >

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First Line:	Ring the joy bells, Christ has risen; Death no more can bind Him here
Title:	Ring the Joybells
Author:	Mrs. E. W. Chapman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Ring the joybells! ring! ring! ring!
Copyright:	Public Domain