Latter-Day Saints Congregational Hymns ‎#30

30. Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise

1. Let Zion in her beauty rise,
Her light begins to shine,
Ere long her King will rend the skies,
Majestic and devine,
The Gospel spreading thro' the land,
A people to prepare
To meet the Lord and Enoch's band,
Triumphant in the air.

2. Ye heralds, sound the Gospel trump
To earth's remotest bound;
Go spread the news from pole to pole,
In all the nations round,
That Jesus in the clouds above,
With hosts of angels too,
Will soon appear His Saints to save,
His enemies subdue.

3. But ere that great and solemn day,
The stars from heav'n shall fall,
The moon be turned into blood!
The water into gall;
The sun with blackness will be cloth'd,
All nature look afright,
While men, rebellious, wicked men,
Gaze trembling on the sight.

4. The earth shall reel the heavens shake,
The sea move to the north,
The veil shall roll up like a scroll,
When God's command goes forth,
The mountains sink, the valleys rise,
And flow'rs adorn the plain;
The islands and the continents
Will then unite again.

5. The awful day will soon arrive
When rebels to God's grace
Will call for rocks to fall on them
And hide them from His face
Not so with those who keep His law;
They'll joy to meet the Lord
In clouds above, with those who sleep
In Christ, their sure reward

6. That glorious rest will then commence,
Which prophets did foretell,
When Saints will reign with Christ on earth,
And in his presence dwell
A thousand years, O glorious day!
Dear Lord, prepare my heart
To stand with thee on Zion's mount,
And never more to part.

7. Then when a thousand years are past,
And Satan is unbound.
The wicked hosts will be destroyed
By fire from heaven sent down;
And when the great, last change shall come
To immortalize this clay
Then we in the celestial world
Will spend eternal day.

Text Information

• First Line: Let Zion in her beauty rise
• Title: Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise
• Author: Edward Partridge
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1919

Tune Information

• Name: [Let Zion in her beauty rise]
• Composer: Mason
• Incipit: 55551 33351 11235
• Key: D Major