Together in Song ‎#234

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:
  2 Peter 1:16-18
  ;
  Luke 9:23-43
  ;
  Mark 9:2-8
  ;
  Mark 9:14
  ;
  Matthew 17:1-8
  ;
  Matthew 17:14-20
• Topic: Discipleship; Fulfilment; Glory of God; Jesus Christ: Redeemer; Jesus Christ: Transfiguration; Light; Patriarchs; Prophetic Witness; Redemption; Revelation; Saints Days and Holy Days: Transfiguration; Vision
• 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