Text: | Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | AUSTRIAN HYMN |
Composer: | Franz J. Haydn |
1 Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
He whose word cannot be broken
Formed thee for His own abode;
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
2 See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal Love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove;
Who can faint, while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage;
Grace, which, like the Lord the Giver,
Never fails from age to age?
3 Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near;
Thus deriving from their banner
Light by night and shade by day,
Safe they feed upon the manna
Which He gives them when they pray.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Glorious things of thee are spoken |
Title: | Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken |
Author: | John Newton (1779) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. D. |
Publication Date: | 1957 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AUSTRIAN HYMN |
Composer: | Franz J. Haydn (1797) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. D. |
Key: | E♭ Major |