'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here

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'Tis good, Lord, to be here

Author: J. Armitage Robinson
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1 'Tis good, Lord, to be here!
Your glory fills the night;
Your face and garments, like the sun,
Shine with unborrowed light.

2 'Tis good, Lord, to be here,
Your beauty to behold,
Where Moses and Elijah stand,
Your messengers of old.

3 Fulfiller of the past!
Promise of things to be!
We hail your body glorified,
And our redemption see.

4 Before we taste of death,
We see your kingdom come;
We long to hold the vision bright,
And make this hill our home.

5 'Tis good, Lord, to be here!
Yet we may not remain;
But since you bid us leave the mount,
Come with us to the plain.

Source: Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #122

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Author: J. Armitage Robinson

Robinson, Joseph Armitage, D.D., Dean of Westminster since 1902, of Christ College, Camb. (B.A. 1881, M.A. 1884, D.D. 1896), sometime Fellow of his College, Norrisian Prof, of Div., Camb., Rector of St. Marg., Westminster, and Canon of Westminster, &c.,is only slightly associated with hymnology. His hymn, "'Tis good, Lord, to be here" (Transfiguration), was written c. 1890. It was included in the 1904 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, and supplies a long-felt want with respect to hymns on the Trans¬figuration. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) Go to person page >

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Christ Upon the Mountain Peak

First Line:	'Tis good, Lord, to be here
Title:	'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here
Author:	J. Armitage Robinson
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Year A, Epiphany Season, Transfiguration Sunday
This is recommended for Year A, Epiphany Season, Transfiguration Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes.
Year A, Lent, Second Sunday
Related to Matthew 17 (NPM)
Year C, Epiphany Season, Transfiguration Sunday
This is recommended for Year C, Epiphany Season, Transfiguration Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes.
Year C, Epiphany Season, Transfiguration Sunday
Related to Luke 9 (DS)

Mawl a chân = praise and song : llyfr hymnau a thonau i Gymru ar Wasgar = hymnal for Welsh and English church worship / crynhoad pwyllgor Eglwys Gymraeg, Detroit, Michigan #38

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