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Master, it is good to be
High on the mountain here with Thee : "
Here in the ampler, purer air,
Above the stir of toil and care,
Of heart's distraught with doubt and fear,
Believing in their unbelief,
Calling Thy servants all in vain,
To ease them of their bitter pain.
"Master, it is good to be
Where rest the souls that talk with Thee : *
Where stand revealed to mortal gaze
The great old saints of other days,
Who once received on Horeb s height
The eternal laws of truth and light,
Or caught the still small whisper higher
Than storm, than earthquake, or than fire.
"Master, it is good to be
With Thee, and with Thy faithful Three : "
Here, where the Apostle s heart of rock
Is nerved against temptations shock ;
Here, where the Son of thunder learns
The thought that breathes and word that burns ;
Here where on eagle s wings we move
With Him whose last best creed is Love.
" Master, it is good to be
Entranced, enwrapt, alone with Thee ; "
Watching the glistening raiment glow,
Whiter than Hermon s whitest snow,
The human lineaments that shine,
Irradiant with a light Divine,
Till we too change from grace to grace,
Gazing on that transfigured face.
"Master, it is good to be
In life s worst anguish close to Thee ; "
Within the overshadowing crowd
Which wraps us in its awful shroud :
We wist not what to think or say,
Our spirits sink in sore dismay,
They tell us of the dread "Decease,"
But yet to linger here is peace.
"Master, it is good to be
Here on the Holy Mount with Thee : "
When darkling in the depths of night,
When dazzled with excess of light,
We bow before the heavenly voice,
That bids bewildered souls rejoice,
Though love wax cold and faith be dim,
"This is my Son, O hear ye Him."
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7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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HAYES
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8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)
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