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: Unto our God on Judah's hills
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 156 (part II)
Page Number: 130 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsUNTO our God, on Judah's hills,
Be songs of holy joy once more-
Let Canaan's rocks and sparkling rills
The King of Heaven and Earth adore.
For he hath set the captives free-
Hath rent the proud oppressor's chain,
And from the isles of ev'ry sea,
Brought Israel to his fold again.
The Holy City's ruined spires
And crumbling walls, again shall rise-
Love shall relight her altar-fires,
And clouds of incense sweep the skies.
There, 'neath the fig-tree and the vine,
Shall Judah's daughters peaceful rest,
And gray-haired fathers safe recline
On sacred Calvary's hoary breast.
Those tuneful harps, that hung so long
Upon the weeping willow's stem,
Shall swell again old Zion's song
Within thy gates-JERUSALEM!