Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: Mortals awake with angels join
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Charles Lockwood
Meter: CM
Tune: Benton
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 140, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMortals, awake, with angels join,
And chant the cheerful lay;
Love, joy, and gratitude combine
To hail th' auspicious day.
In heaven the rapturous song began
And sweet seraphic fire
Through all the shining legions ran,
And swept the sounding lyre.
The theme, the song, the joy, was new
To each angelic tongue:
Swift through the realms of light it flew,
And loud the echo rung.
Down through the portals of the sky
The pealing anthem ran,
And angels flew, with eager joy,
To bear the news to man.
Hark! the cherubic armies shout,
And glory leads the song;
Peace and salvation swell the note
Of all the heavenly throng.