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Text:Zion stands with hills surrounded
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:HOLBORN

270. Zion stands with hills surrounded

1 Zion stands by hills surrounded;
Zion kept by power divine;
All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine.
Happy Zion,
What a favored lot is thine!

2 Every human tie may perish;
Friend to friend unfaithful prove;
Mothers cease their own to cherish;
Heaven and earth at last remove:
But no changes
Can attend Jehovah’s love.

3 In the furnace God may prove thee,
Thence to bring thee forth more bright,
But can never cease to love thee;
Thou art precious in His sight:
God is with thee,
God, thine everlasting Light.

Text Information
First Line: Zion stands with hills surrounded
Author: Thomas Kelly (1804)
Meter: 8, 7, 4, 7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Church: Her Protection and Defence; Sunday after New Year
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: HOLBORN
Meter: 8, 7, 4, 7.
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Th. Morley



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