How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion,
Isaiah 52:7Thy God reigneth!
Words: Benjamin Gough, Lyra Sabbatica (London: Houlston & Wright, 1865), pages 23–24.
Music: Greenland (Haydn) Johann M. Haydn (1737–1806). Arranged in Benjamin Jacob’s National Psalmody, 1819 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Gough (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
How beauteous on the mountains
The feet of him that brings,
Like streams from living fountains,
Good tidings of good things;
That publishes salvation;
From error gives release
To every tribe and nation:
God’s reign of joy and peace.
Break forth in hymns of gladness,
O waste Jerusalem;
Let songs instead of sadness,
Thy jubilee proclaim;
The Lord, in strength victorious,
Upon thy foes has trod;
Behold, O earth, the glorious
Salvation of our God.