Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: On Zion's glorious summit stood
Topic: View of Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 306
Page Number: 331, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOn Zion's glorious summit stood
A num'rous host, redeem'd by blood,
They hymn'd their king in strains divine;
I heard the song, and strove to join.
Here all, who suffer'd sword and flame
For truth, or lovely Jesus' name,
Shout vict'ry now, and hail the Lamb,
And bow before the great I AM.
While everlasting ages roll,
Eternal love shall feast their soul,
And scenes of bliss forever new,
Rise in succession to their view.
Here Mary and Manasseh view
The dying thief and Abrah'm too;
With equal love their sprits flame,
The same their joy, their song the same.
O sweet employ to sing and trace
Th' amazing heights and depths of grace!
And spend from sin and sorrow free,
A blissful, vast eternity.
O! what a sweet exalted song,
When ev'ry tribe and ev'ry tongue,
Redeem'd by blood, with Christ appear,
And join in one full chorus there.
My soul anticipates the day -
Would stretch her wings and soar away,
To aid the song, and palm to bear,
And bow, the chief of sinners, there.