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Text: | Glorious things of thee are spoken |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1807 |
Tune: | AUSTRIAN HYMN |
Composer: | Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732 - 1809 |
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 will 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 God 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 is the worldling's pleasures,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion's children know.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Glorious things of thee are spoken |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1807 |
Meter: | 8 7, 8 7. D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church: The People of God; The Church: The House of God |
Notes: | This hymn may also be sung to REX GLORIAE (No. 112). |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AUSTRIAN HYMN |
Composer: | Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732 - 1809 |
Meter: | 8 7, 8 7. D. |
Key: | F Major |