Tune: THE HILL OF ZION

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THE HILL OF ZION

Composer: B. F. White (1859)
Published in 2 hymnals

Composer: B. F. White

Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper. Bert Polman Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	THE HILL OF ZION
Composer:	B. F. White (1859)
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Incipit:	51316 53455 43234
Key:	A Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The Security of Christ's Sheep

The hill of Zion yields

The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let your songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Immanuel's ground,
To fairer worlds on high.

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