The chosen three, on mountain height

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The chosen three, on mountain height

Author: David Hugh Ela
Tune: BOARDMAN
Published in 10 hymnals

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1 The chosen three, on mountain hight,
While Jesus bowed in prayer,
Beheld his vesture glow with light,
His face shine wondrous fair.

2 And lo! with the transfigured Lord,
Leader and seer they saw;
With Carmel's hoary prophet stood
The giver of the law.

3 From the low-bending cloud above,
Whence radiant brightness shone,
Spake out the Father's voice of love,
"Hear my beloved Son!"

4 Lord, lead us to the mountain hight;
To prayer's transfiguring glow;
And clothe us with the Spirit's might,
For grander work below.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #310

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Author: David Hugh Ela

Ela, David Hough, D.D., was born in Maine in 1831. In 1860 he entered the ministry of the American Methodist Episcopal Church. His hymn: "The chosen three, on mountain height" (Transfiguration), was written in 1877 and published in the Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The chosen three, on mountain height
Author:	David Hugh Ela

Matthew 17:2
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Tune

BOARDMAN

EVAN (Havergal)

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