Scripture Verse

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. Isaiah 52:7

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Gems of Song, ed­it­ed by Ira San­key & Hu­bert P. Main (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1901) num­ber 15.

Music: Moun­tain Ira D. San­key (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Ira D. Sankey (1840–1908)

Lyrics

How love­ly on the moun­tain,
The feet of those who bring
Glad tid­ings of sal­va­tion,
Thro’ Zion’s glo­ri­ous king;
Behold, of God an­oint­ed,
He comes with pow’r and might,
O re­gions veiled in dark­ness,
To pour ce­les­ti­al light.

Lift up thy head, O cap­tive,
And let thy mourn­ings cease;
The hand of mer­cy waveth
The ol­ive branch of peace.
Lift up thy head, O cap­tive,
For thou, in Christ, shalt find,
A heal­ing balm of comfort,
The brok­en heart to bind.

O every one that thirst­eth
The crys­tal water see;
To all who will rec­eive it,
The fount of life is free.
Let ev­ery one who hear­eth
Obey the gra­cious call;
Come, with­out price, or mo­ney,
The Lord has paid for all.