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Christ in Song 460

On the Mountain

Words: A. B. SimpsonMusic: J. H. Tenney

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1I love to climb where Jesus leads far from the Golden gloom;
Up, up the shining mountain steeds, beyond the veil of doom;
Where eagles soar and spirits soar, and angels come and go,
And Jesus waits with open door, and bids my soul to know.

RefrainOn the mountain, on the mountain, where the golden sunlight gleams;
On the mountain, on the mountain, God is nearer than He seems;
On the mountain, on the mountain, I can see my Savior's face,
On the mountain, on the mountain, I can feel His wondrous grace.

2I love to be with Jesus, where rolling mists depart;
Where I can see His loving face, and feel His beating heart;
Where I can lay my weary head upon His faithful breast,
And find in Him my all in all, my home, my hope, my rest.

3I love to lift my eyes above the shadows dark and drear;
Where faith can reach and hope can move, and love can persevere;
Where sorrows flee and teardrops dry, and broken hearts find balm,
And Jesus reigns supremely nigh, and all is peace and calm.

4I love to sit with Jesus where the glory round me falls;
Where I can hear the music there, and harken to His calls;
Where I can tell Him all my need, and know that He will care,
And He will give me all I need, and more than I can bear.

Scripture
Matthew 17:1-9; Exodus 24:12-18

The verse

Meter
14.14.14.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 71% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I love to climb where Jesus leads far from the Golden gloom;˘/˘///˘//˘˘/˘/14A
Up, up the shining mountain steeds, beyond the veil of doom;˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14A
Where eagles soar and spirits soar, and angels come and go,//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14B
And Jesus waits with open door, and bids my soul to know.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14B

Verse 2

I love to be with Jesus, where rolling mists depart;˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/13A
Where I can see His loving face, and feel His beating heart;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14A
Where I can lay my weary head upon His faithful breast,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14B
And find in Him my all in all, my home, my hope, my rest.˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14B

Verse 3

I love to lift my eyes above the shadows dark and drear;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘?14A
Where faith can reach and hope can move, and love can persevere;//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/14B
Where sorrows flee and teardrops dry, and broken hearts find balm,//˘/˘??/˘/˘///14C
And Jesus reigns supremely nigh, and all is peace and calm.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/15C

Verse 4

I love to sit with Jesus where the glory round me falls;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14A
Where I can hear the music there, and harken to His calls;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/14A
Where I can tell Him all my need, and know that He will care,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/14B
And He will give me all I need, and more than I can bear.˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/14B

Refrain

On the mountain, on the mountain, where the golden sunlight gleams;˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘///15A
On the mountain, on the mountain, God is nearer than He seems;˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/15A
On the mountain, on the mountain, I can see my Savior's face,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15B
On the mountain, on the mountain, I can feel His wondrous grace.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15B

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.