The song’s central image is the “prayer bells of heaven,” ringing in answer to the believer’s prayers. Its verses reach for examples of faith rewarded — Paul and Silas freed from jail, the three Hebrew children spared in the fiery furnace — to assure the listener that prayer is heard. That rousing, scripture-rich gospel style was a Sunny Mountain Boys specialty.

The song became one of the better-known gospel numbers in the Jimmy Martin catalog and has been recorded by later bluegrass acts, among them Alison Krauss and Union Station. It remains a favorite for the gospel portion of a bluegrass program.