Mountain Top Dwelling (Charles A. Tindley, Jr.)

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•  Posted on 2022-08-01(Posted 2022-08-01)  CPDL #70247:           

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2022-08-01).   Score information: A5, 2 pages, 63 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from New Songs of Paradise, 1916. All three stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Mountain Top Dwelling
First Line: I can see down yonder
Composer: Charles A. Tindley, Jr.
Lyricist: Charles Albert Tindley
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1916 in New Songs of Paradise, no. 32
Description: A gospel hymn, lyrics by the father, music by the son.

Original text and translations

English text 1. I can see down yonder where I had my dwelling, In the mire and the clay of sin; The story I am telling, Perhaps you've never been In the road of sin with all its gloom and sadness, The way unbelievers go; The way of shame and madness, 'Tis the way of pain and woe. Chorus I am dwelling now upon the mountain, I am drinking at the crystal fountain; And the lovely vales of Eden Are more and more in sight; There pain and grief cometh never, The hand of death cannot sever, God's children are home for ever, In garments pure and white.

2. When I saw my danger and heard of a Savior, Who had suffered and died for me; When I learned this gracious favor, Was to save and set me free At the foot of the cross where I knelt confessing I beheld His shining face, And then there came the blessing, Twas the light of saving grace. 3. Praise His name, I'm happy in a full salvation, The Lord has redeemed my soul, It is a new creation, For His blood has made me whole, And now I am walking in the blooming garden Where the healing waters flow, The stream that bringeth pardon, And saves us here below.