Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: On the mountain's top appearing
Topic: Church/conflicts of
Writer: T Kelly
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Meter: 8s 7s and 4s
Tune: Zion
Hymn Number: 143
Page Number: 059, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsON the mountain's top appearing,
Lo! the sacred herald stands,
Welcome news of Zion bearing--
Zion long in hostile lands:
Mourning captive,
God Himself will loose thy bands.
Has thy night been long and mournful?
Have thy friends unfaithful prov'd?
Have thy foes been proud and scornful,
By thy sighs and tears unmoved?
Cease thy mourning;
Zion still is well belov'd.
God, thy God, will now restore thee;
He himself appears thy Friend:
All thy foes shall flee before thee;
Here their boasts and triumphs end;
Great deliv'rance
Zion's King will surely send.
Peace and joy shall now attend thee;
All thy warfare now be past;
God thy Saviour will defend thee;
Victory is thine at last;
All thy conflicts
End in everlasting rest.