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25d. On the Mountain's Top Appearing

1. On the mountain's top appearing,
Lo! the sacred herald stands;
Welcome news to Zion bearing,
Zion long in hostile lands.
Mourning captive!
God himself will loose your bands.

2. Has your night been long and mournful,
All your friends unfaithful proved?
Have your foes been proud and scornful,
By your sighs and tears unmoved?
Cease your mourning,
Zion still is well beloved.

3. God, your God, will now restore you;
He himself appears your friend:
All your foes shall flee before you;
Here their boasts and triumphs end;
Great deliv'rance
Zion's King vouchsafes to send.

4. Enemies no more shall trouble;
All your wrongs shall be redressed;
For you shame you shall have double,
In your Maker's favor blest;
All your conflicts
End in everlasting rest.

Text Information
First Line: On the mountain's top appearing
Title: On the Mountain's Top Appearing
Author: Thomas Kelly (1802)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Christmas Day
Notes: Text by Irish pastor Thomas Kelly, from A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1802), alt.
Tune Information
Name: SACRED HERALD
Composer: Thomas Kelly
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7
Incipit: 55154 332
Key: D Major
Notes: Tune SACRED HERALD by Thomas Kelly, arr. by R.W. Beaty, from Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture, with Music (ca. 1853).



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