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Millennial Harp 15

New Jerusalem

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1Lo, what a glorious sight appears, To our believing eyes; ♪

2The earth and seas are passed away, And the old rolling skies! ♪

3From the third heav'n, where God resides, That holy, happy place; ♪

4The New Jerusalem comes down, Adorned with shining grace. ♪

5Attending angels shout for joy, And the bright armies sing; ♪

6Mortals, behold the sacred seat Of your descending King! ♪

7And the old rolling skies! The earth and seas are

8Adorn'd with shining grace, Adorned with, &c. The new Je-ru-sa-

9Of your descending King! Of your, &c. Mortals behold the

10passed away, And the old rolling skies! O that will be joyful, Joy-ful,

11lem comes down, Adorn'd with shining grace!

12sacred seat Of your descending King!

Also sung to
Arlington (SDA Hymnal #446)

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Verse 1

Lo, what a glorious sight appears, To our believing eyes; ♪/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/16A

Verse 2

The earth and seas are passed away, And the old rolling skies! ♪˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/14A

Verse 3

From the third heav'n, where God resides, That holy, happy place; ♪˘˘////˘/˘/˘/˘/14A

Verse 4

The New Jerusalem comes down, Adorned with shining grace. ♪˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/14A

Verse 5

Attending angels shout for joy, And the bright armies sing; ♪˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/14A

Verse 6

Mortals, behold the sacred seat Of your descending King! ♪/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/14A

Verse 7

And the old rolling skies! The earth and seas are˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘11A

Verse 8

Adorn'd with shining grace, Adorned with, &c. The new Je-ru-sa-˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/???15A

Verse 9

Of your descending King! Of your, &c. Mortals behold the˘˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘14A

Verse 10

passed away, And the old rolling skies! O that will be joyful, Joy-ful,/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘17A

Verse 11

lem comes down, Adorn'd with shining grace!///˘/˘/˘/9A

Verse 12

sacred seat Of your descending King!/˘/˘˘˘/˘/9A

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.