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Symbolizes Thee for us; With ten-strings psaltery We burn incense for Thee. Accept our thanksgiving As a fragrant offering. Thou illume mortals by the sun, Thou love us, God, as your children, Thou satiate us with blessed meal And create for us a city on Zion. Thou, oh God, visit the sinners And nourish them with Thy flesh. Oh God, let our voices
The Promise is a musical drama with a book by Jan Dargatz (with additional dialogue by Chuck King) and lyrics and music by various songwriters (several arranged by Gary Rhodes and also by current Director Chuck King) based on biblical texts.
The three verses of the song describe in turn, a crowd cheering Jesus Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Jesus's crucifixion on Good Friday, and the eventual "New Jerusalem" (Zion) of universal peace and brotherhood, which is foretold in Isaiah 2:4 [2] and Isaiah 11:6-9. [3]
A musical motif referencing the first line of "Come, Come Ye Saints" is used at the end of official broadcasts and videos released by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The hymn also appears in a Protestant hymnal, the United Church of Christ 's New Century Hymnal , with alternate lyrics for the LDS-oriented third verse written by ...
1918 "Songs of Zion" In 1908, nine LDS Church mission presidents collaborated to produce a more simple hymnal with music and text. At the time, there were several songbooks and hymnbooks in use in Utah, including the Latter-day Saints' Psalmody, the Manchester Hymnal, the Deseret Sunday School Union Songbooks, Primary hymnbooks for children, etc.
"Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken", also called "Zion, or the City of God", [1] is an 18th-century English hymn written by John Newton, who also wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace". Shape note composer Alexander Johnson set it to his tune "Jefferson" in 1818, [ 2 ] and as such it has remained in shape note collections such as the Sacred Harp ever ...
The Zion Songster: a Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1854) [450] Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children (1854) [ 451 ] The Wesleyan Sacred Harp: a collection of choice tunes and hymns for prayer class and camp meetings (1855) [ 452 ]
Known as Bartha L. Watkins, he was a member The Zion Travelers, a group that was formed in 1944 and first recorded in late 1947. Watkins was one of the lead singers. The other was L.C. Cohen. Other members were Tenors, L.W. Van and Garland Fate Mason, baritone singer Wesley Sherman and bass singer Felton Vernon.