The Christian Hymn Book: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others
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The Christian Hymn Book: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others
Disciples of Christ -- Hymns; Hymns, English
For Zion’s sake I will not rest,
I will not hold my peace
Until Jerusalem be blest,
And Judah dwell at ease;
2 Until her righteousness return,
As daybreak after night—
The lamp of her salvation burn
With everlasting light.
3 The Gentiles shall her glory see,
And kings declare her fame;
Appointed unto her shall be
A new and holy name.
4 The watchmen on her walls appear,
And day and night proclaim,
“Zion’s Deliverer is near;
Make mention of his name.”
5 Go through, go through, prepare the way,
The gates wide open fling;
With loudest voice let heralds say,
“Behold thy coming King.”
596 C. M.
Christ’s Church.
Canticles 6:10.
Say, who is she that looks abroad
Like the sweet, blushing dawn,
When with her living light she paints
The dew-drops of the lawn?
2 Fair as the moon when in the skies
Serene her throne she guides,
And o’er the twinkling stars supreme
In full orbed glory rides;
3 Clear as the sun, when from the east,
Without a cloud he springs,
And scatters boundless light and heat,
From his resplendent wings.
4 Tremendous as a host that moves
Majestically slow,
With banners wide displayed, all armed,
And fearless of the foe!
5 This is the church by heaven arrayed
With strength and grace divine;
Thus shall she strike her foes with dread,
And thus her glories shine.
597 C. M.
All nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 2:2.
Behold the mountain of the Lord
In latter days shall rise,
On mountain tops above the hills,
And draw the wondering eyes.
2 To this the joyful nations round,
All tribes and tongues shall flow;
Up to the hill of God, they’ll say,
And to his house we’ll go!
3 The beam that shines from Zion hill
Shall lighten every land!
The King who reigns in Salem’s towers,
Shall all the world command.
4 No strife shall vex Messiah’s reign,
Or mar the peaceful years,
To plowshares men shall beat their swords,
To pruning-hooks their spears.
5 No longer hosts encountering hosts,
Their millions slain deplore;
They hang the trumpet in the hall,
And study war no more.
6 Come, then—O come from every land,
To worship at his shrine;
And, walking in the light of God,
With holy beauties shine.
598 P. M.
We look for thine appearing.
Come, O thou mighty Saviour,
We look for thine appearing;
Descend, we pray,
Thy love display,
Our waiting spirits cheering.
2 Come, clothed with glorious power;
Let all thy saints adore thee,
And let thy word,
The Spirit’s sword,
Subdue thy foes before thee.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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