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Zion stands by hills surrounded,
Zion, kept by power divine;
All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine;
|:Happy Zion,
what a favored lot is thine!:|
Every human tie may perish;
Friend to friend unfaithful prove;
Mothers cease their own to cherish;
Heav’n and earth at last remove;
|:But no changes
can attend Jehovah’s love:|
Zion's friend in nothing alters,
Though all others may and do;
His is love that never falters,
Always to its object true.
|:Happy Zion!
Crowned with mercies ever new.:|
If thy God should show displeasure,
'Tis to save and not destroy;
If He punish, 'tis in measure;
'Tis to rid thee of alloy.
|:Be thou patient;
Soon thy grief shall turn to joy.:|
In the furnace God may prove thee,
Thence to bring thee forth more bright,
But can never cease to love thee;
Thou art precious in His sight;
|:God is with thee—
God, thine everlasting Light,:|
---Alternative verses---
Zion stands with hills surrounded,
Zion, kept by power divine;
All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine;
|:Happy Zion,
what a favored lot is thine!:|
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
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Dates:
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1806
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Bible Refs:
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Ps 125:2;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1956 | # 378 | | 1853 | # 91 | | 1961 | # 275 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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ZION
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 4 7 4 7
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Dates:
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1830
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 56 | D | | # 378 | D | | # 163 | D | | # 674 | D | | # 209 | D |
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