Moravian Book of Worship ‎#326

326. 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
and hope 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 long to 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!
• Title: How Good, Lord, to Be Here
• Author: Joseph A. Robinson, 1858-1933 (alt.)
• Meter: S.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Matthew 17:1-8
  ;
  Mark 9:2-13
  ;
  Luke 9:28-36
• Topic: Transfiguration; Christian year--Transfiguration

Tune Information

• Name: SWABIA
• Composer: Johann Martin Spiess (1745)
• Arranger: William H. Havergal (1847, alt.)
• Meter: S.M.
• Key: D Major