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Altogether Lovely

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1 Beautiful the fields be­yond the ri­ver,
Glorious the thou­sands ga­thered there,
But who in Heav’n so full of grace and glo­ry,
Who with Him, our Sav­ior, can com­pare?

Refrain:
Oh, He is the chief among ten thou­sand;
Roll His praise in joy­ful waves along;
For al­to­ge­ther, al­to­ge­ther love­ly,
Shall for­ev­er be our hap­py song.

2 Altogether, al­to­ge­ther love­ly,
He is call­ing ten­der­ly to thee;
My soul, why not ac­cept His great sal­va­tion,
Offered now so rich, so full, so free? [Refrain]

3 Altogether, al­to­ge­ther love­ly,
Hear His voice, how ten­der still the call;
"Come, come, ye wea­ry ones and hea­vy la­den,
Come to Me and let your bur­dens fall." [Refrain]


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16481

Author: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Beautiful the fields beyond the river
Title: Altogether Lovely
Author: George F. Root
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O He is the Chief among ten thousand
Copyright: Public Domain

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