Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Israel the desert trod
Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 6s 7s and 4s
Tune: Browne
Hymn Number: 563
Page Number: 203, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIsrael the desert trod,
Sustained by power divine,
While wondrous mercy marked the road
With many a mystic sign.
When Moses gave the stroke
From Horeb's flinty side
Issued a river, and the rock
The Hebrew's thirst supplied.
But oh! what nobler themes
Does gospel grace afford!
From Calvary spring superior streams-
There hung the smitten Lord!
Of every hope bereft,
Sinners to Jesus go;
Behold the Rock of Ages cleft,
And living currents flow.