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Text:How beauteous are their feet
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:[How beauteous are their feet]
Composer:C. Lockhart

498. How beauteous are their feet

1 How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Sion's hill;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

2 How charming is their voice!
How sweet the tidings are!
"Sion, behold thy Saviour King!
He reigns and triumphs here."

3 How happy are our ears
That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!

4 How blessed are our eyes
That see this heavenly light!
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight.

5 The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

6 The Lord makes bare His arm
Through all the earth abroad;
Let every nation now behold
Their Saviour and their God.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: How beauteous are their feet
Title: How beauteous are their feet
Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
Meter: S. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1892
Notes: Tune name in index: CARLISLE
Tune Information
Name: [How beauteous are their feet]
Composer: C. Lockhart
Meter: S. M.
Key: E♭ Major



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