Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,318 hymnals Topics: God, the Creator Lyrics: 1 Glorious things of you are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
God whose word cannot be broken,
Formed you as the saints' abode;
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake your sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
You may smile at all your foes.
2 See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply your sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove.
Who can faint while such a river
Ever will their thirst assuage?
Grace which, like the Lord, the giver,
Never fails from age to age.
3 Round each habitation hov'ring,
See the cloud and fire appear
For a glory and a cov'ring,
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 on their way.
4 Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Washed in the Redeemer's blood!
Jesus, whom their souls rely on,
Makes them monarchs, priests to God.
Them, by his great love, he raises,
Rulers over self to reign,
And as priests, his solemn praises
Each for thankful off'ring brings. Scripture: Psalm 87:3 Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
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