Lyrics
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1. This earth was once a garden place,
With all her glories common,
And men did live a holy race,
And worship Jesus face to face,
In Adam-ondi-Ahman.
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2. We read that Enoch walked with God,
Above the pow’r of mammon,
While Zion spread herself abroad,
And Saints and angels sang aloud,
In Adam-ondi-Ahman.
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3. Her land was good and greatly blest,
Beyond all Israel’s Canaan;
Her fame was known from east to west,
Her peace was great, and pure the rest
Of Adam-ondi-Ahman.
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4. Hosanna to such days to come,
The Savior’s second coming,
When all the earth in glorious bloom
Affords the Saints a holy home,
Like Adam-ondi-Ahman.
Text: William W. Phelps, 1792–1872
Music: Anon., Southern Harmony, 1835
- Book
- Hymns
- Hymn Number
- 49
- Music
- Anon.,
- Text
- William W. Phelps, 1792-1872. Included in the first LDS hymnbook, 1835.
- Scriptures
- Doctrine and Covenants 116:1, Doctrine and Covenants 107:53-57
- Meter
- 8 7 8 8 7
- Topic
- Jesus Christ - Second Coming, Nature, Zion
- Tune
- Prospect of Heaven