Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: On Sion's glorious summit stood
Topic: The Christian Hope
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Majesty New
Hymn Number: Song 42 (part I)
Page Number: 116 (part I), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsON Sion'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 vic'try 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 forever new
Rise in succession to their view.
Here May and Manasseh view,
The dying thief, and Abrah'm too;
With equal love their spirits flame,
The same their joy, their song the same.
O sweet employ to sing and trace
Th' amazing heights 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,
Redeemed by blood, with Christ appear,
And join in one full chorus there!
My soul anticipates the day,
Would stretch her wings and soar away,
To aid the song, the palm to bear,
And praise my great Redeemer there