Not to the Mount that burn'd with fire

Not to the Mount that burn'd with fire

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 8 hymnals

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Not to the Mount that burn'd with fire,
To darkness, tempest, and the sound
Of trumpet sounding higher and higher,
Nor voice of words that rent the ground,
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While Israel heard with trembling awe
Jehovah thunder forth His law:--

But to Mount Zion we are come,
The city of the living God,
Jerusalem our heavenly home,
The courts by angel-legions trod;
Where meet in everlasting love
The Church of the first-born above:--

To God, the judge of quick and dead,
The perfect spirits of the just,
Jesus, our great new covenant Head,
The blood of sprinkling,--from the dust,
That better things than Abel's cries,
And pleads a Saviour's sacrifice.

O hearken to the healing voice,
That speaks from heaven, in tones so mild;
To-day, are life and death our choice;
To-day, through mercy reconciled,
Our all to God we yet may give;
Now let us hear His voice, and live.



Source: Sacred Poems and Hymns #109

Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

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First Line: Not to the Mount that burn'd with fire
Author: James Montgomery
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns #124

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Hymns for the Worship of God #21

Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part I #d146

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Songs of Pilgrimage #246

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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #684

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #204c

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d698

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Sacred Poems and Hymns #109

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