234. How good, Lord, to be here!

1 How good, Lord, to be here!
your glory fills the night;
your face and garments, like the sun,
shine with unborrowed light.

2 How good, Lord, to be here,
your beauty to behold,
where Moses and Elijah stand,
your messengers of old.

3 Fulfiller of the past,
promise of things to be:
we hail your body glorified,
and our redemption see.

4 Before we taste of death,
we see your Kingdom come;
we still would hold the vision bright,
and make this hill our home.

5 How good, Lord, to be here!
yet we may not remain;
but since you bid us leave the mount
come with us to the plain.

Text Information
First Line: How good, Lord, to be here!
Author: Joseph Armitage Robinson, 1858-1933 (alt.)
Meter: 66.86
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Discipleship; Fulfilment; Glory of God (9 more...)
Copyright: Words by permission of Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd.
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CARLISLE
Composer: Charles Lockhart, 1745-1815
Meter: 66.86
Key: D Major
Notes: A higher setting may be found at No. 449



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