'Glasgow'...another in my series of Forgotten Hymn Tunes.

The origin of this fine tune is Moore's Psalm Singer's Pocket Companion, 1756.
It is most commonly associated with the Hymn text 'Behold, the mountain of the Lord', a biblical paraphrase based on Isaiah Chapter 2, verses 2-6. This originates from Scottish Paraphrases of 1781 and has remarkable relevance for today's world. . The tune has appeared with several other hymns.
It appears in The Scottish Psalter of 1929 where is is associated with Psalm 65 and in the Paraphrase section , with the hymn quoted below which, in this book, has an additional verse between 5 and 6
(Verse 6 in Scottish Psalter where verse 6 beolow becomes verse 7).
No longer hosts encount'ring hosts
shall crowds of slain deplore
They hand the trumpet in the hall
and study war no more.
I first play the tune soloed on a Trumpet stop before playing, with various registrations, six verses to the following text.
1 Behold, the mountain of the Lord
in latter days shall rise
on mountain tops above the hills,
and draw the wondering eyes.
2. To this, the joyful nations round,
all tribes and tongues, shall flow;
‘Up to the hill of God,’ they’ll say,
‘and to his house we’ll go.’
3. The beam that shines from Zion’s hill
shall lighten every land;
the King who reigns in Salem’s towers
shall all the world command.
4. Among the nations he shall judge;
his word shall be their guide;
his sceptre shall protect the just
and quell the sinner’s pride.
5. No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds
disturb those peaceful years;
to ploughshares men shall beat their swords,
to pruning-hooks their spears.
6. Come then, O come, from every land
to worship at his shrine,
and, walking in the light of God,
with holy beauties shine.
Played on Hauptwerk sample set of Friesach, Austria

[@Dapalm24]

Excellent well played and much appreciated thankyou one of my favourite Psalm and hymn tunes.

[@bramwellbourne]

Thank you and you're most welcome.

[@davebarclay4429]

Very interesting to hear a Scottish tune with an Austrian accent! "Glasgow" is still in the Church Hymnary 4th edition ("CH4") so it's not completely forgotten unlike, say, "Dunblane Cathedral" which you recorded a while ago. Thanks for another fine video.