Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: On the mountain's top appearing
Topic: The Church/Future Triumphs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Hastings
Meter: 8s 7s and 4
Tune: Zion
Hymn Number: 344
Page Number: 127, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOn the mountain's top appearing,
Lo! the sacred herald stands,
Welcome news to Zion bearing-
Zion long in hostile lands:
Mourning captive, God himself will loose thy bands;
Mourning captive, God himself will loose thy bands.
Has thy night been long and mournful?
Have thy friends unfaithful proved?
Have thy foes been proud and scornful,
By thy sighs and tears unmoved?
Cease thy mourning;
Zion still is well beloved.
God, thy God, will now restore thee:
He himself appears thy Friend:
All thy foes shall flee before thee;
Here their boast and triumphs end:
Great deliverance
Zion's King will surely send.
Peace and joy shall now attend thee;
All thy warfare now be past;
God thy Savior will defend thee;
Victory is thine at last;
All thy conflicts
End in everlasting rest.