CALIFORNIA.
The Words and the
Tune, (Salem)
BY
ELDER JOHN PARRY, BIRKENHEAD.
On
Zion’s land
there will be rest,
For
all the Saints that’s here oppress’d;
On
Zion’s Mount we
shall be free,
And
there we’ll have our Jubilee.
CHORUS.
To California’s land we’ll
go,
Where from the
mountains wine doth flow;
A land of peace
and liberty:
To California go with me!
No tyrant shall
annoy us there—
We’ll serve our
King without a fear;
In truth we’ll
join with one accord,
To
sing loud anthems to our Lord.
To California’s, &c.
The everlasting
hills we’ll view,
And to England bid
adieu;
In California’s beauty
plains,
We’ll meet to
learn celestial strains.
To California’s, &c.
O! lend your aid, ye morning wings!
And guard me
safe through ocean springs,
That we may wait
the Jubilee;
For on the Mount
the feast will be.
To California’s, &c.
A feast of wines
upon the lees,
With fat and
marrow; and with these
The Lord will
comfort Zion’s
band—
Her wilderness like Eden’s
land.
To California’s, &c.
And like the garden
of the Lord
Her deserts
bloom, and shall afford
Great joy and
gladness, love and peace;
A voice of
praise shall never cease.
To California’s, &c.
Rejoice, ye ransom’d of the Lord,
You shall return
with one accord,
To sing and
shout on Zion’s
hill,
Where sighs nor
sorrows never thrill.
To California’s, &c.
Come then, my
friends, let us prepare,
To go and build
a temple there:
A temple high
above the hills,
Whom Jesus with his presence fills.
To California’s, &c.
For on the Mount
our King shall reign,
Henceforth, for e’er, we’ll praise his name;
Then let our
lyres be all prepared,
To strike the sound of heavenly choir.
To California’s, &c.
Hosannah to the King of kings;
He comes with
healing in his wings;
He comes with pow’r on earth to reign—
All kings shall
bow unto his name.
To California’s, &c.
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The Author’s desire for his
nation, the Welsh.
May Zion’s banner proudly wave
On Cambria’s hills, her sons to save—
May heaven’s
best blessings rest on thee,
And like the
dews of Hermon be.
Birkenhead, Sept. 25, 1848.
[Millennial Star, v. 11, no. 3, 1 Feb 1849, p. 47-48. Originally in
English.]
