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Hymn: Behold the mountain of the Lord (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Behold the mountain of the Lord

Topic: The Church/Growth and Future Triumphs

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune: Devizes

Hymn Number: 462

Page Number: 168, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Behold the mountain of the Lord

In lat-ter days shall rise

On mountain tops a-bove the hills,

And draw the wondering eyes,

And draw the wondering eyes.



To this the joyful nations round,

All tribes and tongues shall flow;

Up to the hill of God, they'll say,

And to his house we'll go!



The beam that shines from Zion hill

Shall lighten every land!

The King who reigns in Salem's towers

Shall all the world command.



No strife shall vex Messiah's reign,

Or mar the peaceful years,

To plowshares men shall beat their swords,

To pruning-hooks their spears.



No longer hosts, encountering hosts,

Their millions slain deplore;

They hang the trumpet in the hall,

And study war no more.



Come, then-oh come from every land,

To worship at his shrine;

And, walking in the light of God,

With holy beauties shine.