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Christ in Song 40

Keep Tenting Toward the Highlands

Words: F. E. B.Music: F. E. Belden

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1"Let galbled his tent toward Sodom."—Gen. 19: 17. Up to the mountains of the land of his fa - thers, shine! Are you tonight - ing life's high Does far Sol - om in her glo - ry Beckon you with case on gain? Rest her aw - ful judg-ment Day and here no temp-ta - tion, tell?

RefrainKeep tent-ing toward the high-lands of life, home; Keep tent-ing mar-er home; Keep tent-ing toward the high-lands of life, Sweet home, toward the high-lands of life.

2To the moun-tains of eth - er - nal Hear the su - preme fall.

Words
F. E. B.
Scripture
Gen. 19:17

Copyright, 1885, by F. E. Belden. Used by permission of Harvey Booth, owner of copyright

The verse

Meter
59
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"Let galbled his tent toward Sodom."—Gen. 19: 17. Up to the mountains of the land of his fa - thers, shine! Are you tonight - ing life's high Does far Sol - om in her glo - ry Beckon you with case on gain? Rest her aw - ful judg-ment Day and here no temp-ta - tion, tell?/??˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/??˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/59A

Verse 2

To the moun-tains of eth - er - nal Hear the su - preme fall.˘˘/˘˘???/˘˘//13A

Refrain

Keep tent-ing toward the high-lands of life, home; Keep tent-ing mar-er home; Keep tent-ing toward the high-lands of life, Sweet home, toward the high-lands of life.//˘˘/˘/˘˘////˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘˘///˘/˘/˘˘/36A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.