The Church — Ministry and Missions

How beauteous are their feet

No. 1040
Metre S. M.
Tune ST. THOMAS.
Words Isaac Watts.
Music George F. Handel.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 2/2
5 stanzas

Words

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How beauteous are their feetWho stand on Zion's hill;Who bring salvation on their tongues,And words of peace reveal!

How charming is their voice,So sweet the tidings are:"Zion, behold thy Saviour King;He reigns and triumphs here!"

How happy are our ears,That hear the joyful soundWhich kings and prophets waited for,And sought, but never found!

How blessed are our eyes,That see this heavenly light;Prophets and kings desired it long,But died without the sight!

The watchmen join their voice,And tuneful notes employ;Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,And deserts learn the joy.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—MINISTRY AND MISSIONS.»; hymn number «1040» (large), tune name «ST. THOMAS. S. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «GEORGE F. HANDEL.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, with «1.» before «How»: «1. How beauteous are their feet Who stand on Zi - on's hill;» under system 1 and «Who bring sal - va - tion on their tongues, And words of peace re - veal!» under system 2 («beauteous» is printed as one word under its two notes). The reference line «810, 558, 236.» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 810, 558 and 236). Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2»–«5» without periods (written «2.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 are indented. «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 5. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «!» («are :», «King ;», «here ! "», «found !», «light ;», «sight !», «employ ;»); it is closed up here. The opening and closing quotation marks of stanza 2 and the apostrophe of «Zi-on's» are the printer's curly ones, written straight. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.