Latter-Day Saints Congregational Hymns ‎#19

19. For the Strength of the Hills

1. For the strength of the hills we bless Thee,
Our God, our fathers’ God;
Thou hast made Thy children mighty,
By the touch of the mountain sod;
Thou hast led thy chosen Israel
To freedom’s last abode;

Refrain:
For the strength of the hills we bless Thee,
Our God our fathers’ God.

2. At the hands of foul oppressors,
We’ve borne and suffered long;
Thou hast been our help in weakness,
And Thy pow’r hath made us strong;
’Mid ruthless foes, outnumbered,
In weariness we trod; [Refrain]

3. Thou hast led us here in safety,
Where the mountain bulwark stands.
As the guardian of the loved ones
Thou hast brought from many lands:
For the rock and for the river,
The valley’s fertile sod; [Refrain]

4. For the shadow of Thy presence,
Our camp of rock o’er-spread;
For the canyon’s rugged defiles,
And the beetling crags o’er-head;
For the snows and for the torrents,
And for our burial sod; [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: For the strength of the hills we bless Thee
• Title: For the Strength of the Hills
• Alterer: E. L. Sloan
• Refrain First Line: For the strength of the hills we bless Thee
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1919
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [For the strength of the hills we bless Thee]
• Composer: E. Stephens
• Incipit: 55131 55655 44312
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.