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SDAH 372: How Beauteous Are Thy Feet

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SDAH 372

How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion’s hill;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

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1
How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion’s hill;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

2
How charming is their voice,
So sweet the tidings are:
“Zion, behold thy Savior King;
He reigns and triumphs here!”

3
How happy are our ears,
That hear the joyful sound
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!

4
How blessed are our eyes,
That see this heavenly light;
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight!

5
The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Reference
(a) Isa 52:7 (b) Isa 52:7 (c) Matt 13:16, 17 (d) Matt 13:16, 17 (e) Isa 52:8, 9

Author
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Year Published
1707

Hymn Tune
ST. THOMAS

Metrical Number
S.M.

Tune Source
from Williams’ Psalmody, 1770

Hymn Score

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Piano Accompaniment

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Notes

This paraphrase by Isaac Watts (1674- 1748; see Biographies) appears in his Psalms and Spirituals Songs, 1707, and is entitled “The Blessedness of Gospel Times; or, the Revelation of Christ to Jews and Gentiles,” followed by the references of Isaiah 52:7-10 and Matthew 13:16,17. By relating three verses from the book of Isaiah to the Lord’s comments recorded in Matthew’s Gospel, Watts describes the wonderful blessings experienced by the gospel message. SDAH omits the sixth stanza, a paraphrase of Isaiah 52:10. 

        ST. THOMAS appears in the New Universal Psalmodist, 1763, by Aaron Williams (1731-1776; see SDAH 344), a music engraver. It was marked “Never before published.” The tune is one quarter of a quadruple Short Meter tune called HOLBORN, which has been attributed to George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) but without supporting evidence. The bass has a flowing part, with only one note repeating the preceeding one.    

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