Scripture Verse

Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. Exodus 19:18

Introduction

Words: Re­gi­nald He­ber (1783–1826). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Writ­ten and Adapt­ed to the Week­ly Church Ser­vice of the Year (Lon­don: J. Mur­ray, 1827), pag­es 57–58.

Music: Si­nai (Per­rot) Cle­ment H. Per­rot (1842–1910) (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

If you know when the mu­sic was writ­ten, or where to get a good pho­to of Per­rot (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Reginald Heber (1783–1826)

Lyrics

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Mount Sinai

The Lord of might, from Si­nai’s brow,
Gave forth His voice of thun­der;
And Is­ra­el lay on earth be­low,
Outstretched in fear and won­der.
Beneath His feet was pitchy night,
And at His left hand and His right,
The rocks were rent asun­der!

The Lord of love, on Cal­va­ry,
A meek and suf­fer­ing stran­ger,
Upraised to Heav­en His lang­uid eye,
In na­ture’s hour of dan­ger.
For us He bore the weight of woe,
For us He gave His blood to flow,
And met His Fa­ther’s an­ger.

The Lord of love, the Lord of might,
The King of all cre­at­ed,
Shall back re­turn to claim His right,
On clouds of glo­ry seat­ed;
With trum­pet sound and an­gel song,
And hal­le­lu­jahs loud and long,
O’er death and hell de­feat­ed!