KENSINGTON

S.M.D.
Adapted from
Mendelssohn, St. Paul, Chorus: "Siehe, wir preisen selig"

Johnson, Osgood, and Hill, The Bay State Collection (1849)

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1. How beau - teous are their feet Who stand on Zi - on's hill! Who
3. How hap - py are our ears, That hear this joy - ful sound, Which

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bring sal - va - tion on their tongues, And words of peace re - veal. 2. How
kings an proph - ets wait - ed for, And sought, but nev - er found. 4. How

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charm - ing is their voice! How sweet their ti - dings are! "Zi -
bless - ed are our eyes, That see this heaven - ly light! Proph -

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- on, be - hold thy Sa - viour King," He reigns and tri - umphs here.
- ets and Kings de - sired it long, But died with - out the sight.

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Edited by Peter Mercer-Taylor, AmericanClassicalHymns.com, 2020