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Text:"O light of Zion"
Author:Leonard Bacon
Tune:MENDON
Composer:Lowell Mason

518. "O light of Zion"

1 Though now the nations sit beneath
The darkness of o'erspreading death,
God will arise, with light divine
On Zion's holy towers to shine.

2 That light shall shine on distant lands,
And wandering tribes, in joyful bands,
Shall come thy glory, Lord, to see,
And in thy courts to worship thee.

3 O light of Zion, now arise!
Let the glad morning bless our eyes!
Ye nations, catch the kindling ray,
And hail the splendor of the day.

Text Information
First Line: Though now the nations sit beneath
Title: "O light of Zion"
Author: Leonard Bacon
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Church of God; Church: Missions of; Church: Triumph of (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: MENDON
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: L. M.
Key: C Major



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