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Text:My Heart Was Glad to Hear the Welcome Sound
Tune:MORECAMBE
Composer:Frederick C. Atkinson

122B. My Heart Was Glad to Hear the Welcome Sound

1 My heart was glad to hear the welcome sound,
the call to seek Jehovah's house of prayer;
our feet are standing here on holy ground,
within thy gates, thou city grand and fair.

2 God's people to Jerusalem repair
to hear his word and worship him with praise;
the throne of justice stands eternal there,
Messiah's throne through endless length of days.

3 Let earnest prayer be made for Zion's peace;
thy sons who hold thee dear shall prosper well;
may blessing in thy palaces increase
and peace within thy walls forever dwell.

4 For all my brethren and companions' sakes
my prayer shall be, let peace in thee abide;
since God the Lord in thee his dwelling makes,
to thee my love shall never be denied.

Text Information
First Line: My heart was glad to hear the welcome sound
Title: My Heart Was Glad to Hear the Welcome Sound
Meter: 10.10.10.10.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2018
Scripture:
Topic: Church: As the Lord's House; Jerusalem; Peace and Joy (1 more...)
Source: The Psalter, 1912
Notes: Paraphrase
Tune Information
Name: MORECAMBE
Composer: Frederick C. Atkinson (1880)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.
Key: B♭ Major



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