Scripture Verse

It shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. Joel 3:18

Introduction

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Franz J. Haydn (1732–1809)

Words: Charles Wes­ley7Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 1339.

Music: Cre­ation Franz J. Hay­dn, 1798 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Welcome the bright mil­len­ni­al day
When for­mer things are passed away,
When earth in right­eous­ness re­newed,
Blooms as at the be­gin­ning good!
Wine from the mount­ain tops dis­tills,
And mil­ky cur­rents from the hills,
Rivers of liv­ing wa­ter rise,
Pure as their Fount­ain in the skies.

Forth is­su­ing from Je­ho­vah’s throne
Sent by the Fa­ther and the Son,
The Ho­ly Ghost His full­ness pours
In glo­ri­ous, ev­er­last­ing show­ers;
The King of saints re­sides be­low,
His Spir­it doth our vale o’er­flow,
Brings back the gar­den of the Lord,
And shows us pa­ra­dise re­stored.