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| “LORD it is good for us to be | |
| High on the mountain here with Thee:” | |
| Here in an ampler purer air, | |
| Above the stir of toil and care, | |
| Of hearts distraught with doubt and grief, | 5 |
| Believing in their unbelief, | |
| Calling Thy servants all in vain | |
| To ease them of their bitter pain. | |
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| “Lord it is good for us to be | |
| Where rest the souls that talk with Thee;” | 10 |
| Where stand reveal’d to mortal gaze | |
| The great old saints of other days, | |
| Who once receiv’d on Horeb’s height | |
| The eternal laws of truth and right; | |
| Or caught the still small whisper, higher | 15 |
| Than storm, than earthquake, or than fire. | |
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| “Lord it is good for us to be | |
| With Thee and with Thy faithful Three.” | |
| Here where the apostle’s heart of rock | |
| Is nerv’d against temptation’s shock; | 20 |
| 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. | |
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| “Lord it is good for us to be | 25 |
| Entranc’d, enwrapt, alone with Thee;” | |
| Watching the glist’ning raiment glow, | |
| Whiter than Hermon’s whitest snow; | |
| The human lineaments that shine | |
| Irradiant with a light Divine! | 30 |
| Till we too changed from grace to grace, | |
| Gazing on that transfigured Face. | |
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| “Lord it is good for us to be | |
| In life’s worst anguish close to Thee;” | |
| Within the overshadowing cloud | 35 |
| 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. | 40 |
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| “Lord it is good for us 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 | 45 |
| That bids bewilder’d souls rejoice, | |
| Though love wax cold and faith be dim— | |
| “This is my Son—O hear ye Him.” | |
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