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Hymn: On the mountain's top appearing (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: On the mountain's top appearing

Topic: The Church/Its Growth and Future Triumphs

Writer: <no first name given> Kelly

Composer:

Meter: 8s 7s and 4

Tune:

Hymn Number: 604

Page Number: 364, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

On the mountian'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.



Has thy night been long and mournful?

Have thy friends unfaithful prov'd?

Have thy foes been proud and scornful,

By thy sighs and tears unmov'd?

Cease thy mourning;

Zion still is well-belov'd.



God, thy God, will now restore thee:

He himself appears thy Friend;

All thy foes shall flee before thee;

Here their boasts and triumphs end:

Great deliv'rance

Zion's King will surely send.



Peace and joy shall now attend thee;

All thy warfare now be past;

God thy Saviour will defend thee;

Victory is thine at last;

All thy conflicts

End in everlasting rest.