Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken
Topic: Church/Zion
Writer: John Newton
Composer: J Rosseau
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Greenville
Hymn Number: 507
Page Number: 173, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
He, who word can not 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.
See the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of drought remove.
Who can faint, while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage-
Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver,
Never fails from age to age.
Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Washed in the Redeemer's blood,
Jesus, whom their souls rely on,
Makes them kings and priests to God.
'Tis his love his people raises
With himself to reign as kings;
And, as priests, his solemn praises
Each for a thank-offering brings.
Saviour, since 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 treasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joy and lasting pleasure
None but Zion's children know.