Advent Hymnals

054. KEEP TENTING TOWARD THE HIGHLANDS

Christ in Song,

1.
Are you tenting on the lowlands
Of the fated, flow'ry plain?
Are you nearing life's high mountains,
As the night comes on again?  

Chorus:
Keep tenting toward the highlands,
Each evening nearer home,
Keep tenting toward the highlands,
Keep tenting nearer home.

2.
Does fair Sodom in her glory
Beckon you with ease or gain?
Heed her awful judgment story;
Linger not, her joys are vain.  [Chorus]

3.
To the mountains of salvation!
Hear the angel, Mercy, call;
Do not tarry!  look not backward!
Hasten on ere vengeance fall.  [Chorus]
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    Title Keep Tenting Toward the Highlands
    Key E♭ Major
    Titles Keep tenting toward the highlands,
    First Line Are you tenting on the lowlands
    Author F. E. B.
    Year 1908
    Composer F. E. Belden
    Hymnal -
    Tune Are you tenting on the lowlands
    Metrical pattern
    # Stanzas
    Chorus
    Chorus Type
    Subjects Invitation and Repentance; Living His Life: Nearer to God; The Home Eternal: Nearing Home
    Texts Genesis 19:17
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    Scripture Song