Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Israel the desert trod
Topic: Christian Privileges and Honors
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 32
Page Number: 106, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIsrael the desert trod,
Sustain'd by pow'r divine,
While wond'rous mercy mark'd the road
With many a mystic sign.
When Moses gave the stroke,
From Horeb's flinty side
Issu'd a river, and the rock
The Hebrew's thirst suppli'd.
But, O! what nobler themes
Does gospel grace afford
From Calv'ry spring superior streams-
There hung the smitten Lord!
Of ev'ry hope bereft,
Sinners, to Jesus go;
Behold the Rock of Ages cleft,
And living currents flow.
Here may our spirits bathe,
Here may our joys abound,
Till, pass'd the wildnerness and death,
We tread celestial ground!