Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#423

423. 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 thy sure repose?
With salvation’s wall surrounded,
Thou mayest 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 and want remove;
Who can faint when 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;
Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Washed in the Redeemer’s blood;
Jesus, whom their souls rely on,
Makes them kings and priests to God.

4 Savior, 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 pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion’s children know.

Text Information

• First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God
• Title: Glorious THings of Thee Are Spoken
• Author: John Newton (1725-1807) (1779)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Doctrines: Eternal Life

Tune Information

• Name: AUSTRIA
• Composer: F.Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (1797)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Incipit: 12324 32716 54323
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tune, ABBOTT'S LEIGH, NO. 51