Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#197b

197b. Glorious things of thee are spoken

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 your 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 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.

4 Saviour, if of Zion's city
I, through grace, a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in Thy Name.
Fading are the worldling's pleasures,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion's children know.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken
• Author: John Newton (1779)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917

Tune Information

• Name: AUSTRIAN HYMN
• Composer: Joseph Haydn (1797)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7. D.
• Key: F Major