The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2193

2193. How Beautiful the Sight

1. How beautiful the sight
Of brethren who agree
In friendship to unite,
And bonds of charity;
’Tis like the precious ointment, shed
O’er all his robes, from Aaron’s head.

2. ’Tis like the dews that fill
The cups of Hermon’s flowers;
Or Zion’s fruitful hill,
Bright with the drops of showers,
When mingling odors breathe around,
And glory rests on all the ground

3. For there the Lord commands
Blessings, a boundless store,
From His unsparing hands,
Yea, life forevermore;
Thrice happy they who meet above
To spend eternity in love!

Text Information

• First Line: How beautiful the sight
• Title: How Beautiful the Sight
• Author: James Montgomery (1822)
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Zion, 1822
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GODRIC
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1862)
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Incipit: 32167 12354 32325
• Key: A Major
• Source: Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, by Richard R. Chope (London: 1862)
• Copyright: Public Domain