Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: On Zion's glorious summit stood
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> Kent
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1120
Page Number: 665, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOn Zion's glorious summit stood
A num'rous host redeem'd by blood;
They hymn'd their King in strains divine
I heard the song, and strove to join.
Here all who suffer'd sword or flame
For truth, or Jesus' lovely name,
Shout vict'ry now, and hail the Lamb,
And bow before the great I AM.
While everlasting ages roll,
Eternal love shall feast their soul,
And scenes of bliss for ever new
Rise in succession to their view.
O sweet employ to sing and trace
Th' amazing hights and depths of grace;
And spend from sin and sorrow free,
A blissful, vast eternity!
O what a sweet, exalted song,
When ev'ry tribe and ev'ry tongue,
Redeem'd by blood, with Christ appear,
And join in one full chorus there!
My soul anticipates the day,
Whould stretch her wings and soar away,
To aid the song, the palm to bear,
And praise my great Redeemer there.