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Text:On the mountain's top appearing
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:TAMWORTH
Composer:Charles Lockhart

857. 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! Mourning captive!
God himself shall loose thy bands.

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

3 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 deliverance
Zion's King will surely send.

Text Information
First Line: On the mountain's top appearing
Author: Thomas Kelly
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: Waiting for Christ: Closing Work
Tune Information
Name: TAMWORTH
Composer: Charles Lockhart
Meter: 8s & 7s, 6L
Key: E Major
Notes: Alternate tunes: #854 or 844.



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