Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: How pleased and blest was I
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 6s and 8s
Tune: Dalston
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 232, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow pleased and blest was I
To hear the people cry,
"Come, let us seek our God today!"
Yes, with a cheerful zeal
We haste to Zion's hill,
And there our vows and honors pay.
Zion, thrice happy place,
Adorn'd with wondrous grace,
And walls of strength embrace thee round!
In thee our tribes appear,
To pray, and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel's joyful sound.
Here David's greater Son
Has fix'd his royal throne;
He sits for grace and judgment here;
He bids the saints be glad;
He makes the sinner sad,
And humble souls rejoice with fear.
May peace attend thy gate,
And joy within thee wait,
To bless the soul of ev'ry guest;
The man who seeks thy peace
And wishes thine increase,
A thousand blessings on him rest.
My tongue repeats her vows,
"Peace to this sacred house!"
for here my friends and kindred dwell;
And since my glorious God
Makes thee his blest abode,
My soul shall ever love thee well.