On Zion's Glorious Summit

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On Zion's glorious summit stood, A numerous host, redeemed by blood

Author: John Kent
Tune: [On Zion's glorious summit stood]
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1 On Zion’s glorious summit stood
A numerous host redeemed by blood!
They hymned their King in strains divine;
I heard the song, and strove to join,
I heard the song, and strove to join.

2 Here all who suffered sword or flame
For truth, or Jesus’ lovely name,
Shout vict'ry now and hail the Lamb,
And bow before the great I AM,
And bow before the great I AM.

3 While everlasting ages roll,
Eternal love shall feast their soul,
And scenes of bliss, forever new,
Rise in succession to their view,
Rise in succession to their view.

Source: Christian Hymns: for every purpose in worship #374

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Author: John Kent

Kent, John, was born at Bideford, Devonshire, Dec. 1766, and died Nov. 15, 1843. As a working shipwright his opportunities for acquiring the education and polish necessary for the production of refined verse were naturally limited. His hymns are strongly worded, very earnest and simple, and intensely Calvinistic. A few were published in Samuel Reece's Collection, 1799. The first edition of his Collection of Original Gospel Hymns, was published in 1803, and the 10th edition, with "The Author's Experience," in verse, 264 hymns, 15 longer pieces, and a Life by his Son in 1861. The Calvinistic teaching so prominent in his hymns has restricted their use to a limited number of collections. The greatest use made of them in modern hymnbooks has bee… Go to person page >

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First Line:	On Zion's glorious summit stood, A numerous host, redeemed by blood
Title:	On Zion's Glorious Summit
Author:	John Kent
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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[On Zion's glorious summit stood]

The "sanctus" section of this tune appears to be an arrangement and abridgement of SANCTUS, #342 in Hastings' Manhattan Collection (1845), a scan of which can be seen here: https://archive.org/details/manhatt00hast/page/342/mode/2up. Several early instances of this tune credit the source of the sanc…

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