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OH, BRIGHT AND HAPPY OLIVET

Scripture Verse

Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will return in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven. Acts 1:11

Introduction

Words: Tom L. Brown, in Church­man’s Trea­su­ry of Song (Lon­don: Me­thu­en, 1907), pag­es 373–74.

Music: Con­tem­pla­tion (Gore-Ou­se­ley) Fred­er­ick A. Gore-Ou­se­ley (1825–1889) (🔊 ).

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portrait
Frederick Gore-Ouseley
(1825–1889)

Lyrics

Oh, bright and hap­py Ol­iv­et,
Where once the Mas­ter trod,
From whence He first went up on high—
True Man and ve­ry God.

Incarnate Christ in hu­man flesh,
We wait till Thou ap­pear,
With glo­ry crowned, and saints around
Caught up in joy and fear.

Oh, bright and hap­py Ol­iv­et,
Once more shalt thou be­hold
The bless­èd form of God’s own Son,
As by those an­gels told.

And then shall Da­vid’s throne be set,
And Is­ra­el too shall be
Amid the hap­py throng that shall
The true Mes­si­ah see.

Oh, bright and hap­py Ol­iv­et,
How glad that day and fair,
When Jew and Gen­tile in ac­cord
His love shall then de­clare.

For when He comes, they shall re­turn
With joy up­on their head,
For Is­ra­el shall ac­cept­ed be
As liv­ing from the dead!

Oh, bright and hap­py Ol­iv­et,
The time now draw­eth near
When Is­ra­el, God’s be­loved, shall know
Contrition’s sweet­est tear.

For Christ shall come to earth again,
His scat­tered flock to save;
And on the throne of Da­vid reign,
Victorious o’er the grave.