Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Unto our God on Judah's hills
Topic: Missionary Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 253
Page Number: 335, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsUNTO our God, on Judah's hills,
Be songs of holy joy once more;
Let Canaan's rocks and sparkling rills
The King of heav'n and earth adore.
For he hath set the captive free,
Hath rent the proud oppressor's chain,
And from the isles of ev'ry sea
Brought Israel to his fold again.
The Holy City's ruin'd spires
And crumbling walls again shall rise,
Love shall relight her altar fires,
And clouds of incense sweep the skies.
There 'neath the fig tree and the vine,
Shall Judah's daughters peaceful rest,
And gray-hair'd fathers safe recline
On sacred Calv'ry's hoary breast.
Those tuneful harps that hung so long
Upon the weeping willow's stem,
Shall swell again old Zion's songs,
Within thy gates-Jerusalem.