Zion, the marvelous story be telling

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «CHRIST—FIRST ADVENT.»; hymn number «300» (large), tune name «AVISON. 11s & 10s.» centred (capitals and small capitals), «C. AVISON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). The music opens with the chorus: «CHORUS.» (small capitals) stands above the treble at the start of system 1, and the chorus words are the first words under the staves; stanza 1 follows in the same line, with «1.» before «Zion,», and runs through systems 2 and 3. Over the end of stanza 1 the print has «Close with 1st Chorus.» (italics); after it, «Chorus after last verse.» (italics, under the treble staff) heads a longer final chorus (end of system 3 and system 4) in which «Messiah is King» is sung three times. Stanzas 2 and 3 are printed as text in two columns below the music (stanza 2 left, stanza 3 right), each one between two lines «CHO.—Shout the glad tidings, etc.» («CHO.» in small capitals, written «Cho.» here) — so the line stands four times, twice between stanzas 2 and 3 (foot of the left column, head of the right column); it is reproduced four times below, in the print's order (the line between stanzas 1 and 2 is the one printed at the head of the left column). The chorus words under the music are not repeated with stanzas 2 and 3. «William A. Muhlenberg.» in italics at the foot of the right column. Under the staves the chorus is printed «exulting-ly sing; . . .» (first chorus) and «ex- / ult-ing-ly sing, . . .» (final chorus): the three dots stand under the melisma of «sing». The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («sing ;», «King !», «birth !», «earth !», «cometh ;», «round ;», «salvation !», «crowned !», «arise ;», «singing ;»); it is closed up here. Verse lines too long for the column turn over in the print («from nation to / nation,», «echo / round;», «are / crowned!», «bring- / ing,», «hosanna / arise;», «the earth / and the skies.»); each is set here as one verse line, and «bring- / ing,» (broken only by the line end) is joined. In the text columns lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented. «marvelous» (one «l»), «hallelujah», «hosanna» and all punctuation and capitals are the print's. Order of singing: see `uncertainties.md` (chorus — stanza — chorus …, the final chorus after the last stanza).

Source

The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)

Where

Christ — First Advent · No. 300 · printed page 99

Checked

score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01

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