Scripture Verse

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! Numbers 24:5

Introduction

Words: James M. Coul­ter, 1897. Ap­peared in Her­alds of Grace, ed­it­ed by Ad­di­son B. Bow­ser (Dan­ville, Penn­syl­van­ia: A. B. Bow­ser, 1898), num­ber 40.

Music: Ma­da­ba Go­mer Thomas (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Coul­ter or Tho­mas (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Swell the glad, the joy­ful choru­s,
In these courts we love so well;
See, the heav’ns are bend­ing to­ward us,
While His prais­es sweet we tell.

Refrain

Praise and hon­or, pow­er and glory,
Render to our Sav­ior here,
Where we glad­ly come to meet Him;
Humbly wor­ship with­out fear.

Nothing can ex­ceed the plea­sures—
None so sweet does sin af­ford,
As we wor­ship while we’re tent­ing
On the camp­ground of our Lord.

Refrain

Visit, Lord, these ha­bi­ta­tions;
Meet us here as oft be­fore;
That again we have a fore­taste
Of the bliss for us in store.

Refrain